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Swahili vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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  • 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Habari  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
Asante  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
Habari gani?  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
Usiku mwema  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
Habari za jioni  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
tafadhali  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
pole  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
bye  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

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

Excuse Me
Samahani  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
Pakistan  

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

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

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

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.44 %  
11

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
54.30 million  
12

Native Name
Not Available  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
swahili  
pendjabi  

German Name
Swahili  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
6th century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Bantu  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Modern Punjabi  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
pan  

ISO 639 3
swa  
pan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swah1254  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Swahili and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Swahili vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Swahili and Punjabi language. History of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Swahili and Punjabi Language History.

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

Swahili vs Punjabi Difficulty

The Swahili vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili 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 Swahili and Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.

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