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Chinese vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
China, Taiwan  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
9  
6

How Many Consonants
23  
13
41  
30

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
2,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Wu  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
20,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Yue  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
1.44 %  
11

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
54.30 million  
12

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
chinois  
pendjabi  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Han  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
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 Chinese  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
1  
1
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
pan  

ISO 639 3
zho  
pan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional  

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Chinese and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Punjabi language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Punjabi Language History.

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

Chinese vs Punjabi Difficulty

The Chinese vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.

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