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Finnish vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Estonia  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
13  
3
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
Kiitos  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

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

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

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

Please
haluta  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
Heippa  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Finland  
Pakistan  

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

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

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

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
30  
24

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.44 %  
11

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
39
54.30 million  
12

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

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

French Name
finnois  
pendjabi  

German Name
Finnisch  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
1543  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Finnic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Modern Punjabi  

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
pan  

ISO 639 3
fin  
pan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
finn1318  
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, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Finnish and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Punjabi language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 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 Finnish and Punjabi Language History.

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

Finnish vs Punjabi Difficulty

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

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