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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
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200   
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

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