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Serbian vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
India, Pakistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Hindi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
25   
15
41   
30

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Pothohari   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Pakistan   

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

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Saraiki   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   

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

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Doabi   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Pakistan, Punjab, India   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
30   
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
154.30 million   
12

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.44 %   
11

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
100.00 million   
11

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
54.30 million   
12

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi   

French Name
serbe   
pendjabi   

German Name
Serbisch   
Pandschabi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
Not Availble   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Punjabis   

History

Origin
11th Century   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Modern Punjabi   

Language Position
44   
33
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
pa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
pan   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
pan   

ISO 639 3
srp   
pan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
panj1256   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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Serbian and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Punjabi language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century whereas history of Punjabi language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Serbian and Punjabi Language History.

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

Serbian vs Punjabi Difficulty

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

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