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Sanskrit and Punjabi


Punjabi and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
India  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • 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
Old German Language  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
9  
6

How Many Consonants
36  
26
41  
30

Scripts
Devanagari  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
कृपया (kripayā)  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Not present  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

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

Dialect 3
Not present  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million  
99+
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.44 %  
11

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
54.30 million  
12

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
sanskrit  
pendjabi  

German Name
Sanskrit  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Sanskrit  
Modern Punjabi  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
pan  

ISO 639 3
san  
pan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sans1269  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
Not Available  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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All Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Punjabi dialects. Various dialects of Sanskrit and Punjabi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sanskrit are spoken in different Sanskrit Speaking Countries whereas Punjabi Dialects are spoken in different Punjabi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sanskrit vs Punjabi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Punjabi dialects include: Pothohari , Saraiki. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sanskrit and Punjabi Speaking population

Sanskrit and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available 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 Sanskrit and Punjabi on Sanskrit vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Punjabi Language Codes

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

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