Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Azerbaijan, Gambia
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
  
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.
  
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Turkish
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Osmanly language
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Salam
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
Təşəkkür edirəm
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
necəsən
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
yaxşı gecə
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Axşamınız xeyir
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Günortanız Xeyir
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Sabahınız xeyir
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
lütfən
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
üzr
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
xudafiz
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Mən səni sevirəm
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Bağışlayın
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Derbent
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Russia
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Gazakh
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Azerbaijan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Baku
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Azerbaijan
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
26.00 million
  
39
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
Not Available
  
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
azéri
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Aserbeidschanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Azerbaijani
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Azerbaijani
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
az
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
aze
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
aze
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
aze
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
azer1255
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
44-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative
  
Punjabi and Azerbaijani 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 Azerbaijani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Punjabi and Azerbaijani language. Punjabi word for "Hello" is ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar) or Azerbaijani word for "Thank You" is Təşəkkür edirəm. Find more of such common Punjabi Greetings and Azerbaijani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Punjabi vs Azerbaijani Difficulty
The Punjabi vs Azerbaijani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi Alphabets and Azerbaijani 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 Azerbaijani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Azerbaijani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Azerbaijani time required is 44 weeks.