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Arabic and Punjabi


Punjabi and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
2   
13

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
India, Pakistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew   
Hindi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
9   
6

How Many Consonants
28   
18
41   
30

Scripts
Arabic   
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)   

Thank You
شكرا   
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Please
من فضلك   
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)   

Sorry
آسف   
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)   

Bye
وداعا   
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)   

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

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Pothohari   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Pakistan   

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

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Saraiki   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
20,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Doabi   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Pakistan, Punjab, India   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
30   
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
154.30 million   
12

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
1.44 %   
11

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
100.00 million   
11

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
54.30 million   
12

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi   

French Name
arabe   
pendjabi   

German Name
Arabisch   
Pandschabi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
Not Availble   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Punjabis   

History

Origin
512 CE   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
North Arabic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Modern Punjabi   

Language Position
25   
21
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
pa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
pan   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
pan   

ISO 639 3
ara   
pan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
panj1256   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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All Arabic and Punjabi Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Arabic and Punjabi dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Punjabi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Punjabi Dialects are spoken in different Punjabi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Punjabi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Punjabi dialects include: Pothohari , Saraiki. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Punjabi Speaking population

Arabic and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Arabic and Punjabi on Arabic vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Punjabi Language Codes

Arabic and Punjabi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Punjabi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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