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Punjabi vs Finnish


Finnish vs Punjabi


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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

Alphabets in
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Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
41  
30
13  
3

Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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  
60,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
30  
24
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
154.30 million  
12
5.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.44 %  
11
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  

History

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  

Code

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  

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Punjabi and Finnish Language History

Comparison of Punjabi vs Finnish language history gives us differences between origin of Punjabi and Finnish language. History of Punjabi language states that this language originated in 1000 AD whereas history of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543. 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 Finnish Language History.

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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.

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