Countries
India, Pakistan
  
European Union, Finland
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Estonia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland
  
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.
  
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Estonian and Livonian Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Moi
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
Kiitos
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Mitä kuuluu?
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
hyvää yötä
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Hyvää iltaa
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Hyvää iltapäivää
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Hyvää huomenta
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
haluta
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Anteeksi
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
Heippa
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Minä rakastan sinua
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Anteeksi
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Colloquial Finnish
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Finland
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Rauma
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Finland, Rauma
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Meänkieli
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Finland, Sweden
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
5.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
5.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
0.01 million
  
39
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
suomi / suomen kieli
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Suomi
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
finnois
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Finnisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
[ˈsuomi]
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
ethnic Finns
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
1543
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Indic
  
Finnic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Proto-Finnic language
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
standard Finnish
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed Finnish
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
fi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
fin
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
fin
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
fin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
finn1318
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Punjabi and Finnish 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 Finnish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Punjabi and Finnish language. Punjabi word for "Hello" is ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar) or Finnish word for "Thank You" is Kiitos. Find more of such common Punjabi Greetings and Finnish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Punjabi vs Finnish Difficulty
The Punjabi vs Finnish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi Alphabets and Finnish 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 Finnish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Finnish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Finnish time required is 44 weeks.