Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Ukraine
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Ukraine
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian 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.
  
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Russian and Belarusian Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
будь ласк
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
вибачте (vybachte)
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
до побачення (do pobachennya)
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Podillian
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Volynian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Rivne, Volyn
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Steppe
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
39.00 million
  
32
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
39.00 million
  
25
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
Not Available
  
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Not Available
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
ukrainien
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Ukrainisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Ukrainians
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
1561
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Modern Ukrainian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
uk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
ukra1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Punjabi and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Punjabi and Ukrainian language. Punjabi word for "Hello" is ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar) or Ukrainian word for "Thank You" is Дякую (Dyakuyu). Find more of such common Punjabi Greetings and Ukrainian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Punjabi vs Ukrainian Difficulty
The Punjabi vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi Alphabets and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.