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Persian vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic 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
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
23  
13
41  
30

Scripts
Arabic  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, 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
سلام  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
متشکرم  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
لطفا  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
متاسف  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
2,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
20,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
6
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
1.44 %  
11

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
54.30 million  
12

Native Name
فارسی  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
persan  
pendjabi  

German Name
Persisch  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Iranian  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
23  
19
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
pan  

ISO 639 3
pes  
pan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Persian and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Punjabi language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Persian and Punjabi Language History.

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

Persian vs Punjabi Difficulty

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

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