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Punjabi vs Swahili


Swahili vs Punjabi


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
India, Pakistan   
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

Interesting Facts
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Hindi Language   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
53   
32
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
41   
30
21   
11

Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)   
Habari   

Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)   
Asante   

How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)   
tafadhali   

Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)   
pole   

Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)   
bye   

I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pothohari   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
Pakistan   
Zanzibar island   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Saraiki   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   
Dar es Salaam   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Doabi   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India   
Kilwa   

Total No. Of Dialects
30   
24
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
154.30 million   
12
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
1.44 %   
11
Not Available   

Native Speakers
100.00 million   
11
15.00 million   
40

Second Language Speakers
54.30 million   
12
Not Available   

Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
pendjabi   
swahili   

German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
Not Availble   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Punjabis   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
6th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Indic   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi   
Swahili   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
pa   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pan   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
pan   
swa   

ISO 639 3
pan   
swa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
panj1256   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUS-m   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Punjabi and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Punjabi vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Punjabi and Swahili language. History of Punjabi language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Punjabi and Swahili Language History.

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Punjabi and Swahili Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Punjabi and Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Punjabi and Swahili language. Punjabi word for "Hello" is ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar) or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Punjabi Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Punjabi vs Swahili Difficulty

The Punjabi vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi Alphabets and Swahili Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Punjabi and Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.

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