Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Philippines
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
73.00 million
  
24
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
1593
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Filipino
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Punjabi and Tagalog 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 Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Punjabi and Tagalog language. Punjabi word for "Hello" is ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar) or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common Punjabi Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Punjabi vs Tagalog Difficulty
The Punjabi vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi Alphabets and Tagalog 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 Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.