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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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