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Greek vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
17  
7
41  
30

Scripts
Arabic, 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
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Griko  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
38
20,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
30  
24

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
1.44 %  
11

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
54.30 million  
12

Native Name
ελληνικά  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
pendjabi  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
74  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
pan  

ISO 639 3
ell  
pan  

ISO 639 6
ells  
Not Available  

Glottocode
gree1276  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Greek and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Punjabi language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC 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 Greek and Punjabi Language History.

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

Greek vs Punjabi Difficulty

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

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