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Punjabi vs Chinese


Chinese vs Punjabi


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
India, Pakistan  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Hindi Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
24  
19

How Many Consonants
41  
30
23  
13

Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pothohari  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Pakistan  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
22
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Saraiki  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
5
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Doabi  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
30  
24
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
154.30 million  
12
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
1.44 %  
11
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
100.00 million  
11
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
54.30 million  
12
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  
Not Available  

French Name
pendjabi  
chinois  

German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Availble  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Punjabis  
Han  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
Not Available  
1  
1

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pa  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pan  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
pan  
chi  

ISO 639 3
pan  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
panj1256  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Punjabi and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Punjabi vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Punjabi and Chinese language. History of Punjabi language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Punjabi and Chinese Language History.

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Punjabi and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Punjabi and Chinese language. Punjabi word for "Hello" is ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar) or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Punjabi Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Punjabi vs Chinese Difficulty

The Punjabi vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.

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