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Korean vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • 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
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
9  
6

How Many Consonants
19  
9
41  
30

Scripts
Hangul  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
20,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
1.44 %  
11

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
54.30 million  
12

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
coréen  
pendjabi  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
12  
11
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
pan  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
pan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kore1280  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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Korean and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Punjabi language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century 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 Korean and Punjabi Language History.

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

Korean vs Punjabi Difficulty

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

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