Countries
India, Pakistan
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Pakistan
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
- 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
خوش آمديد
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
براہ مہربانی
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
معاف کرنا
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
الوداع
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Dakhini
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Rekhta
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
South Asia
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
154.30 million
  
12
Native Speakers
61.00 million
  
19
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million
  
14
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
اُردُو
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Bihari
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
ourdou
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Urdu
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
12th Century CE
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ur
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
urd
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
urd
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
urd
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
urdu1245
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional
  
Urdu 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 Urdu and Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Punjabi language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Urdu vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Urdu vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu 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 Urdu and Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.