Countries
South Africa
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
South Africa
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
- 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
Dutch Language
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Dutch Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
Dankie
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
goeie nag
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
Goeienaand
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
goeie more
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
asseblief
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
jammer
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Namibia
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million
  
99+
154.30 million
  
12
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.10 million
  
99+
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million
  
22
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
Afrikaans
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
afrikaans
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Afrikaans
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Western
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
af
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
afr
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
afr
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
afr
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
afrs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
afri1274
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Fusional
  
Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Punjabi language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Afrikaans vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Afrikaans vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.