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Punjabi and Croatian


Croatian and Punjabi


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
9   
7

National Language
India, Pakistan   
Austria   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   

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.
  
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Hindi Language   
Serbain and Bosnian   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Church Slavonic   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
41   
30
25   
15

Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)   
bok   

Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)   
hvala   

How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)   
kako si   

Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)   
laku noć   

Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   
dobra večer   

Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)   
dobar dan   

Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   
dobro jutro   

Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)   
molim   

Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)   
Oprostite   

Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)   
Doviđenja   

I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)   
Ispričavam se   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pothohari   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Pakistan   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
22
660,000.00   
31

Dialect 2
Saraiki   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   
Croatia   

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

Dialect 3
Doabi   
Shtokavian   

Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000,000.00   
5

Total No. Of Dialects
30   
24
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
154.30 million   
12
89.00 million   
18

Speaking Population
1.44 %   
11
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
100.00 million   
11
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
54.30 million   
12
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   
hrvatski   

Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi   
Hrvatski   

French Name
pendjabi   
croate   

German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
Not Availble   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
Punjabis   
Croats   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
9th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Croatian Sign Language   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pa   
hr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pan   
hrv   

ISO 639 2/B
pan   
hrv   

ISO 639 3
pan   
hrv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
panj1256   
croa1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Punjabi and Croatian 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 Croatian dialects. Various dialects of Punjabi and Croatian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Punjabi are spoken in different Punjabi Speaking Countries whereas Croatian Dialects are spoken in different Croatian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Punjabi vs Croatian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Punjabi dialects include: Pothohari, Saraiki. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Punjabi and Croatian Speaking population

Punjabi and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Punjabi and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Punjabi and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Punjabi vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Punjabi and Croatian Language Codes

Punjabi and Croatian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Punjabi and Croatian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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