Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Norway
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Norway
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Nynorsk
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Norwegian Language Council
  
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.
  
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Norwegian-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)
  
takk
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
god natt
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
god kveld
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
god ettermiddag
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
god morgen
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Vær så snill
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
unnskyld
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
ha det
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
unnskyld meg
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Jamtlandic
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Sognamål
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Sogn
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
5.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
5.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
Not Available
  
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Norsk
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Norsk
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Nynorsk
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Norwegians
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
c. 1300 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Signed Norwegian
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
no
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
nor
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
nor
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
nor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
norw1258
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional
  
Punjabi and Norwegian 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 Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Punjabi and Norwegian language. Punjabi word for "Hello" is ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar) or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common Punjabi Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Punjabi vs Norwegian Difficulty
The Punjabi vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi Alphabets and Norwegian 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 Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.