Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Turkey, Uzbekistan
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
- In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  
Similar To
Hindi Language
  
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Uzbek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Salom
  
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
Rakhmat
  
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Qalay siz?
  
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Hayirli tun
  
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Hayirli kech
  
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Hayirli kun
  
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Hayirli tong
  
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Iltimos
  
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Kechiring!
  
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
Xayr
  
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Sizni sevaman
  
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Iltimos! Menga qarang
  
Dialect 1
Pothohari
  
Tashkent
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Saraiki
  
Afghan
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Doabi
  
Ferghana
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million
  
12
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
100.00 million
  
11
26.00 million
  
31
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million
  
12
Not Available
  
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
  
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
pendjabi
  
ouszbek
  
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Usbekisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Availble
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Punjabis
  
Uzbek
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
9th–12th centuries AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Southestern(Chagatai)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Chagatay
  
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
  
Uzbek
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
pa
  
uz
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pan
  
uzb
  
ISO 639 2/B
pan
  
uzb
  
ISO 639 3
pan
  
uzb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
panj1256
  
uzbe1247
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Punjabi and Uzbek 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 Uzbek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Punjabi and Uzbek language. Punjabi word for "Hello" is ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar) or Uzbek word for "Thank You" is Rakhmat. Find more of such common Punjabi Greetings and Uzbek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Punjabi vs Uzbek Difficulty
The Punjabi vs Uzbek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Punjabi Alphabets and Uzbek 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 Uzbek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Punjabi and Uzbek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Punjabi is 6 weeks while to learn Uzbek time required is 44 weeks.