Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
India, Pakistan
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 in
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Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Pakistan
Dialect 2
Olonets
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Olonets
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Pakistan, Punjab, India
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
russ1263
panj1256
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
Russian and Punjabi 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 Russian and Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Punjabi language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Russian vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian Alphabets and Punjabi 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 Russian and Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.
