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Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
2  
13

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
South Africa  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
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
7  
6
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
Thank you  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
How are you?  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
Good Night  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

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

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

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

Please
Please  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
Sorry  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
Bye  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

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

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
3
2,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
15
20,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
1.44 %  
11

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
54.30 million  
12

Native Name
English  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

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

French Name
anglais  
pendjabi  

German Name
Englisch  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
3  
3
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
pan  

ISO 639 3
eng  
pan  

ISO 639 6
engs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1293  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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English and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of English vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of English and Punjabi language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Punjabi Language History.

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

English vs Punjabi Difficulty

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

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