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Serbian vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
25  
15
41  
30

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Pakistan  

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

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

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

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
17
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
30  
24

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.44 %  
11

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
54.30 million  
12

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
serbe  
pendjabi  

German Name
Serbisch  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
11th Century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
44  
33
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
pan  

ISO 639 3
srp  
pan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
serb1264  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Serbian and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Punjabi language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century whereas history of Punjabi language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Serbian and Punjabi Language History.

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Serbian 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 Serbian and Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Punjabi language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Serbian vs Punjabi Difficulty

The Serbian vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian 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 Serbian and Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.

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