Countries
India, Pakistan
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
India, Pakistan
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Hawaii
Regulated By
Not Available
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
您好
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
谢谢
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
你好吗？
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
晚安
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
晚上好
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
下午好
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
早上好
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
请
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
遗憾
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
再见
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
我爱你
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
原谅我
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Pakistan
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Doabi
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Hong Kong
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
pendjabi
Not Available
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Not Available
Pronunciation
Not Availble
Not Available
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Not Available
Origin
1000 AD
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
Scope
Not Available
Not Available
ISO 639 1
pa
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
pan
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
pan
Not Available
ISO 639 3
pan
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
panj1256
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Not Available
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Punjabi and Cantonese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Punjabi and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Punjabi and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Punjabi are spoken in different Punjabi Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Punjabi vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Punjabi dialects include: Pothohari, Saraiki. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Punjabi and Cantonese Speaking population
Punjabi and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Punjabi and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Punjabi and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Punjabi and Cantonese on Punjabi vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Punjabi and Cantonese Language Codes
Punjabi and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Punjabi and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.