Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Germany
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Council for German Orthography
  
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.
  
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Albanian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
hallo
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
Danke
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Wie geht es dir?
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
gute Nacht
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
guten Abend
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
guten Tag
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
guten Morgen
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
bitte
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Verzeihung
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
Tschüs
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Ich liebe dich
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Entschuldigung
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Swiss German
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Swabian German
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Germany
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Texas German
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Texas
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
229.00 million
  
8
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
101.00 million
  
10
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
128.00 million
  
5
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Deutsch
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
allemand
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Deutsch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Germans
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
6th Century AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed German
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
de
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
deu
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
ger
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
deu
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
deus
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
high1287, uppe1397
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Punjabi and German 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 German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Punjabi and German language. Punjabi word for "Hello" is ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar) or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Punjabi Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Punjabi vs German Difficulty
The Punjabi vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.