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Punjabi vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Punjabi


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Pakistan  
Ukraine  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
-  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Hindi Language  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
41  
30
22  
12

Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  
будь ласк  

Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pothohari  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Pakistan  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Saraiki  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
26
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Doabi  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
130,000,000.00  
3
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
30  
24
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
154.30 million  
12
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
1.44 %  
12
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
100.00 million  
11
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
54.30 million  
17
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
pendjabi  
ukrainien  

German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
Not Availble  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Punjabis  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
1561  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Slavic  

Branch
Indic  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
23  
21
26  
24

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pa  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pan  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
pan  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
pan  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
panj  
ukr  

Glottocode
panj1256  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Punjabi and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Punjabi vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Punjabi and Ukrainian language. History of Punjabi language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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Punjabi and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Punjabi and Ukrainian language. Punjabi word for "Hello" is ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar) or Ukrainian word for "Thank You" is Дякую (Dyakuyu). Find more of such common Punjabi Greetings and Ukrainian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Punjabi vs Ukrainian Difficulty

The Punjabi vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi Alphabets and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.

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