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Uyghur vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
China  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  
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Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • 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
Uzbek Language  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
9  
6

How Many Consonants
27  
17
41  
30

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
rakhmat  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
birdam  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
kachurung  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

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

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
China  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
China  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
20,000,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
China  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
21
130,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
30  
24

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
1.44 %  
12

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
54.30 million  
17

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
ouïgour  
pendjabi  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
11  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
98  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
-  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
pan  

ISO 639 3
uig  
pan  

ISO 639 6
uig  
panj  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Uyghur and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Uyghur vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Uyghur and Punjabi language. History of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11 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 Uyghur and Punjabi Language History.

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

Uyghur vs Punjabi Difficulty

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

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