Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
India, Pakistan
National Language
Turkey
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
- 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
Azerbaijani Language
Hindi Language
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Merhaba
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
İyi Geceler
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
günaydın
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
lütfen
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
üzgünüm
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
Hoşçakal
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Pakistan
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Türkçe
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
turc
pendjabi
German Name
Türkisch
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Turkish
Punjabis
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Indic
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1301
panj1256
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
Turkish 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 Turkish and Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Punjabi language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Turkish vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish 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 Turkish and Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.