Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Turkey
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Turkish Language Association
  
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.
  
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Azerbaijani Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Merhaba
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
teşekkür ederim
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Nasılsın?
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
İyi Geceler
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
İyi Akşamlar
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Tünaydın
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
günaydın
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
lütfen
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
üzgünüm
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
Hoşçakal
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Seni seviyorum
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Afedersiniz
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Azerbaijani Turkish
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
26,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Crimean Turkish
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Gagauz
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
75.00 million
  
23
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Türkçe
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Anatolian, Türkisch
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
turc
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Türkisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Turkish
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
c. 1350
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Turkish Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
tr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
tur
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
tur
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
tur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
nucl1301
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
44-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Punjabi and Turkish 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 Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Punjabi and Turkish language. Punjabi word for "Hello" is ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar) or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Punjabi Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Punjabi vs Turkish Difficulty
The Punjabi vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi Alphabets and Turkish 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 Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.