Countries
Estonia, European Union
  
India, Pakistan
  
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 in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million
  
99+
154.30 million
  
12
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.