Countries
India, Pakistan
  
China
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
China
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  
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.
  
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Uzbek Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Gokturk Language
  
Alphabets in
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Ässalamu läykum.
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
rakhmat
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
birdam
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
kachurung
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
Khayr khosh
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Kachurung
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Turpan
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Hotan
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Lop Nur
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
China
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
10.40 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
8.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
Not Available
  
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
ouïgour
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Uigurisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Uyghur
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
11
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Uyghur
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
ug
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
uig
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
uig
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
uig
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
uigh1240
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Punjabi and Uyghur 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 Uyghur greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Punjabi and Uyghur language. Punjabi word for "Hello" is ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar) or Uyghur word for "Thank You" is rakhmat. Find more of such common Punjabi Greetings and Uyghur Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Punjabi vs Uyghur Difficulty
The Punjabi vs Uyghur difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi Alphabets and Uyghur 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 Uyghur are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Uyghur, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Uyghur time required is 44 weeks.