Countries
Nigeria
India, Pakistan
National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Nigeria
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
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Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
- 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
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Hindi Language
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
sannu
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
gode ku
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
yaya dai
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
mai kyau dare
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
barka da yamma
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
Don Allah
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
yi hakuri
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
sai anjima
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
Ina son ku
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
gafara dai
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Ghana
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Niger
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daragaram
Doabi
Where They Speak
Niger
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
haoussa
pendjabi
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
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Not Availble
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Punjabis
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Chadic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
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Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Hausa
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
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Signed Forms
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Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
haus1257
panj1256
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional
Hausa 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 Hausa and Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hausa and Punjabi language. Hausa word for "Hello" is sannu or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Hausa Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hausa vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Hausa vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa 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 Hausa and Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.