Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Austria
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
  
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.
  
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Serbain and Bosnian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Church Slavonic
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
bok
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
hvala
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
kako si
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
laku noć
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
dobra večer
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
dobar dan
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
dobro jutro
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
molim
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
Doviđenja
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Volim te
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Ispričavam se
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
13,000,000.00
  
5
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
89.00 million
  
18
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
5.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
1.25 million
  
36
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
hrvatski
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Hrvatski
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
croate
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Kroatisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Croats
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
9th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Croatian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
hr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
croa1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
part of 53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Punjabi and Croatian 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 Croatian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Punjabi and Croatian language. Punjabi word for "Hello" is ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar) or Croatian word for "Thank You" is hvala. Find more of such common Punjabi Greetings and Croatian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Punjabi vs Croatian Difficulty
The Punjabi vs Croatian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi Alphabets and Croatian 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 Croatian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Croatian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Croatian time required is 44 weeks.