Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Fiji, India
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
India
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Central Hindi Directorate
  
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 Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Urdu
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
खेद (Khēda)
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Khariboli
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Marwari
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Bundeli
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Bundelkhand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
380.00 million
  
5
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
260.00 million
  
4
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
120.00 million
  
6
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
हिन्दी
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
hindi
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Hindi
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Hindustani people
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Standard Hindi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
hi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
hin
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
hin
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
hin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
hins
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
hind1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-qf
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Punjabi and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Punjabi and Hindi language. Punjabi word for "Hello" is ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar) or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Punjabi Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Punjabi vs Hindi Difficulty
The Punjabi vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.