Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Malaysia
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Thailand
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
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 most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Indonesian Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Tamil Language
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Hai
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
terima kasih
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Apa khabar?
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Selamat Petang
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Selamat tengah hari
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Selamat pagi
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
sila
  
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)
  
Saya sayang kamu
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Maafkan saya
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Bengkulu
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Pekal
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Musi
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
175.00 million
  
10
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
98.00 million
  
8
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Bahasa melayu
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Not Available
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
malais
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Malaiisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
c. 683 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
ms
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
msa
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
may
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
zsm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
stan1306
  
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
  
Agglutinative
  
Punjabi and Malaysian 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 Malaysian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Punjabi and Malaysian language. Punjabi word for "Hello" is ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar) or Malaysian word for "Thank You" is terima kasih. Find more of such common Punjabi Greetings and Malaysian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Punjabi vs Malaysian Difficulty
The Punjabi vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.