Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
China, Guangdong
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Hawaii
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
- 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
Chinese Language
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
谢谢
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
你好吗?
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
晚安
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
晚上好
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
下午好
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
早上好
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
请
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
遗憾
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
再见
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
我爱你
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
原谅我
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Xiguan
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
154.30 million
  
12
Native Speakers
52.00 million
  
21
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
Not Available
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
17th century
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan 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 Cantonese
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
No data available
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cant1236
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Punjabi language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cantonese vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Cantonese vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.