Countries
India
India, Pakistan
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 in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Not present
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Not Available
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Doabi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Modern Punjabi
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sans1269
panj1256
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Ancient
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and Punjabi language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sanskrit vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Sanskrit vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.