Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
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.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
5.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
Not Available
  
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Slovak
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Punjabi and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Punjabi and Slovak language. Punjabi word for "Hello" is ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar) or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Punjabi Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Punjabi vs Slovak Difficulty
The Punjabi vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi Alphabets and Slovak 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 Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.