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Russian and Punjabi


Punjabi and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Russia  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
41  
30

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
20,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
1.44 %  
11

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
54.30 million  
12

Native Name
Русский  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
russe  
pendjabi  

German Name
Russisch  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Eastern  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
7  
7
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
pan  

ISO 639 3
rus  
pan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
russ1263  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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All Russian and Punjabi Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Russian and Punjabi dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Punjabi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Punjabi Dialects are spoken in different Punjabi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Punjabi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Punjabi dialects include: Pothohari , Saraiki. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Punjabi Speaking population

Russian and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Russian and Punjabi on Russian vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Punjabi Language Codes

Russian and Punjabi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Punjabi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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