Countries
India, Pakistan
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
National Language
India, Pakistan
Abkhazia
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
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Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Not Available
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Not Available
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Not available
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Not available
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Saraiki
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Turkey
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
pendjabi
abkhaze
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
Not Availble
Not Available
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Abkhaz people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Abkhaz
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
abks
Glottocode
panj1256
abkh1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Type
Not Available
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative
Punjabi and Abkhaz 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 Punjabi and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Punjabi and Abkhaz language. Punjabi word for "Hello" is ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar) or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Punjabi Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Punjabi vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Punjabi vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi Alphabets and Abkhaz 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 Punjabi and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.