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Punjabi and German


German and Punjabi


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
7  
8

National Language
India, Pakistan  
Germany  

Second Language
Pakistan  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Hindi Language  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
10  
7

How Many Consonants
41  
30
9  
1

Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  
hallo  

Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  
Danke  

How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  
guten Morgen  

Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  
bitte  

Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  
Verzeihung  

Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  
Tschüs  

I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pothohari  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Pakistan  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
22
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Saraiki  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
5
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Doabi  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
30  
24
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
154.30 million  
12
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
1.44 %  
11
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
100.00 million  
11
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
54.30 million  
12
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
pendjabi  
allemand  

German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
Not Availble  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Punjabis  
Germans  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Germanic  

Branch
Indic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
Not Available  
9  
9

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Signed German  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pa  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pan  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
pan  
ger  

ISO 639 3
pan  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
panj1256  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Punjabi and German Speaking population

Punjabi and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Punjabi and German languages can be compared. The total count of Punjabi and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Punjabi vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Punjabi and German Language Codes

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

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