Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
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.
  
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Malay language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
Terima kasih
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Apa kabar?
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Selamat Pagi
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
mohon Untuk
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
maaf
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Permisi
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Sundanese
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Balinese
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Minangkabau
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
140.00 million
  
4
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Bahasa Melayu
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
indonésien
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Indonesians
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Old Malay
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Indonesian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
id
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
ind
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
ind
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
ind
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
indo1316
  
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
  
Punjabi and Indonesian 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 Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Punjabi and Indonesian language. Punjabi word for "Hello" is ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar) or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Punjabi Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Punjabi vs Indonesian Difficulty
The Punjabi vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.