Countries
India, Pakistan
  
India
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Asam Sahitya Sabha
  
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.
  
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Bengali and Oriya
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
nomoskaar
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
aapuni kene aase?
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
subhoraattri
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
subha gadhuli
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
subha abeli
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
suprobhaat
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
anugroha kori
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
moi ḍukkhita
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
biḍai
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
kyoma koribo
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Kamrupi
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
6,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Goalpariya
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Bhakatiya
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Assam
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
15.30 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
Not Available
  
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
assamais
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Assamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Assamese people
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
7th century A.D
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Kamarupa
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Assamese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
as
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
asm
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
asm
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
asm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
assa1263
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-w
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Punjabi and Assamese 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 Assamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Punjabi and Assamese language. Punjabi word for "Hello" is ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar) or Assamese word for "Thank You" is ḍhonyobaaḍ. Find more of such common Punjabi Greetings and Assamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Punjabi vs Assamese Difficulty
The Punjabi vs Assamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi Alphabets and Assamese 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 Assamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Assamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Assamese time required is Not Available.