Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
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.
  
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Молим (Molim)
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Prizren-Timok
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Southeastern Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,500,000.00
  
17
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
8.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
Not Available
  
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Montenegrin
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
serbe
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Serbisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Serbs
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
11th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Standard Serbian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
sr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
srp
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
srp
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
srp
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
serb1264
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Punjabi and Serbian 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 Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Punjabi and Serbian language. Punjabi word for "Hello" is ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar) or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Punjabi Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Punjabi vs Serbian Difficulty
The Punjabi vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi Alphabets and Serbian 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 Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.