Countries
India, Pakistan
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
India, Pakistan
Russia
Second Language
Pakistan
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Not Available
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Dialect 2
Saraiki
Olonets
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Olonets
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Novgorod
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Русский
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Russki
French Name
pendjabi
russe
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Russisch
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Russians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Slavic
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Standard Russian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Russian
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
panj1256
russ1263
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
Punjabi and Russian 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 Russian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Punjabi and Russian language. Punjabi word for "Hello" is ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar) or Russian word for "Thank You" is спасибо(spasibo). Find more of such common Punjabi Greetings and Russian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Punjabi vs Russian Difficulty
The Punjabi vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi Alphabets and Russian 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 Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.
