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Croatian vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
2  
13

National Language
Austria  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
25  
15
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
bok  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
hvala  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
kako si  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
laku noć  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
molim  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
Oprostite  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
Doviđenja  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

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

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
31
2,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
20,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
5
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
1.44 %  
11

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
36
54.30 million  
12

Native Name
hrvatski  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
croate  
pendjabi  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
9th century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
23  
19
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
pan  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
pan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
croa1245  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Croatian and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Punjabi language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century 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 Croatian and Punjabi Language History.

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

Croatian vs Punjabi Difficulty

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

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