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Macedonian vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
India, Pakistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia   
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
  • 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
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   
Hindi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
26   
16
41   
30

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)   

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)   

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)   

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)   

Sorry
жал (žal)   
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)   

Bye
Чао (Čao)   
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)   

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)   
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
Pothohari   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
2,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 2
Debar   
Saraiki   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   

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

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
Doabi   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Pakistan, Punjab, India   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
30   
24

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.44 %   
11

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
100.00 million   
11

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
54.30 million   
12

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi   

French Name
macédonien   
pendjabi   

German Name
Makedonisch   
Pandschabi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   
Not Availble   

Ethnicity
Macedonians   
Punjabis   

History

Origin
2200 BC   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Southern   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   

Standard Forms
Macedonian   
Modern Punjabi   

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
mk   
pa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd   
pan   

ISO 639 2/B
mac   
pan   

ISO 639 3
mkd   
pan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mace1250   
panj1256   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Fusional   

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Macedonian and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Punjabi language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 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 Macedonian and Punjabi Language History.

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

Macedonian vs Punjabi Difficulty

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

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