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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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