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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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