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Dutch vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
2   
13

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
India, Pakistan   

Second Language
South Africa   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages   
Hindi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)   

Thank You
dankjewel   
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Please
alsjeblieft   
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)   

Sorry
sorry   
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)   

Bye
vaarwel   
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)   

Excuse Me
pardon   
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Pothohari   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
2,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Saraiki   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
20,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Doabi   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Pakistan, Punjab, India   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
30   
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
154.30 million   
12

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
1.44 %   
11

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
100.00 million   
11

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
54.30 million   
12

Native Name
Nederlands   
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
pendjabi   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Pandschabi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
Not Availble   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Punjabis   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Western   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Modern Punjabi   

Language Position
48   
35
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
pa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
pan   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
pan   

ISO 639 3
nld   
pan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
panj1256   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Dutch and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Punjabi language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 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 Dutch and Punjabi Language History.

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

Dutch vs Punjabi Difficulty

The Dutch vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.

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