Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Meghalaya
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not Available
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Not Available
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Bengali, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Kumno
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
Khublei
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Kumno phi long?
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
thia sukh
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
babha janmiet
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
babha noph-phai-sngi
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
khublei
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sngewbha
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Map
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
khublei
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
ieit ieit
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
map a nga
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Bhoi
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Nonglung
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Cherrapunji
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
0.84 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
0.84 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
Not Available
  
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
khasi
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Khasi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Khasi people
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
Not Available
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
No Early Forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Khasi
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
kha
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
kha
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
kha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
khas1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Punjabi and Khasi 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 Khasi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Punjabi and Khasi language. Punjabi word for "Hello" is ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar) or Khasi word for "Thank You" is Khublei. Find more of such common Punjabi Greetings and Khasi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Punjabi vs Khasi Difficulty
The Punjabi vs Khasi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi Alphabets and Khasi 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 Khasi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Khasi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Khasi time required is Not Available.