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Nepali vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Nepal  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
9  
6

How Many Consonants
36  
26
41  
30

Scripts
Devanagari  
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
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
कृपया  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
30
2,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

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

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
1.44 %  
11

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
54.30 million  
12

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
népalais  
pendjabi  

German Name
Nepali  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
19 BC  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
59  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
pan  

ISO 639 3
npi  
pan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
12  
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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Nepali and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Punjabi language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 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 Nepali and Punjabi Language History.

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

Nepali vs Punjabi Difficulty

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

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