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Italian vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
2   
13

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
India, Pakistan   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages   
Hindi Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
16   
6
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
24 weeks   
6
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
ciao   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)   

Thank You
grazie   
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)   

Good Night
buonanotte   
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)   

Good Evening
buonasera   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Please
Per Favore   
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)   

Sorry
scusate   
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)   

Bye
arrivederci   
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)   

I Love You
Ti amo   
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Pothohari   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
2,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Saraiki   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
20,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Doabi   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Pakistan, Punjab, India   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
30   
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
154.30 million   
12

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
1.44 %   
11

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
100.00 million   
11

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
54.30 million   
12

Native Name
Italiano   
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   

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

French Name
italien   
pendjabi   

German Name
Italienisch   
Pandschabi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
Not Availble   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Punjabis   

History

Origin
960 BC   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Modern Punjabi   

Language Position
27   
23
Not Available   

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
pa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
pan   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
pan   

ISO 639 3
ita   
pan   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
panj1256   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
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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Italian and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Punjabi language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 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 Italian and Punjabi Language History.

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

Italian vs Punjabi Difficulty

The Italian vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.

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