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Estonian vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • 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
Finnish  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
9  
6

How Many Consonants
18  
8
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
aitäh  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
Head ööd  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

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

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

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

Please
Palun  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
Vabandust  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
Head aega  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

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

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million  
99+
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.44 %  
11

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
54.30 million  
12

Native Name
eesti keel  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
estonien  
pendjabi  

German Name
Estnisch  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
13th century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Finnic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Modern Punjabi  

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
pan  

ISO 639 3
est  
pan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
esto1258  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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Estonian and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Punjabi language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Estonian and Punjabi Language History.

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

Estonian vs Punjabi Difficulty

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

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