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Punjabi vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
2   
13

National Language
Spain   
India, Pakistan   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • 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
French Language   
Hindi Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
22   
12
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
hola   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)   

Thank You
Gracias   
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Please
Por Favor   
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)   

Sorry
triste   
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)   

Bye
adiós   
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)   

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

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Pothohari   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
2,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Saraiki   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
20,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Doabi   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Pakistan, Punjab, India   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
30   
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
154.30 million   
12

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
1.44 %   
11

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
100.00 million   
11

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
54.30 million   
12

Native Name
Español   
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
pendjabi   

German Name
Spanisch   
Pandschabi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
Not Availble   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Punjabis   

History

Origin
210 BC   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Modern Punjabi   

Language Position
2   
2
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
pa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
pan   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
pan   

ISO 639 3
spa   
pan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
panj1256   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Spanish and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Punjabi language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Punjabi Language History.

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

Spanish vs Punjabi Difficulty

The Spanish vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.

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