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German vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Germany  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
9  
6

How Many Consonants
9  
1
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
30 weeks  
9
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
Danke  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

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

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

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

Please
bitte  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
Tschüs  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
18
2,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
20,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
1.44 %  
11

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
54.30 million  
12

Native Name
Deutsch  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
allemand  
pendjabi  

German Name
Deutsch  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Western  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
9  
9
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
pan  

ISO 639 3
deu  
pan  

ISO 639 6
deus  
Not Available  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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German and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of German vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of German and Punjabi language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th 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 German and Punjabi Language History.

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

German vs Punjabi Difficulty

The German vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.

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