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Japanese vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Japan  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Asia  

Minority Language
Palau  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
14  
4
41  
30

Scripts
Kana  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
28
2,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
20,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
1.44 %  
11

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
54.30 million  
12

Native Name
日本語  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
japonais  
pendjabi  

German Name
Japanisch  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
1185  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
8  
8
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
pan  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
pan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Japanese and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Punjabi language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Punjabi Language History.

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

Japanese vs Punjabi Difficulty

The Japanese vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.

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