Countries
Turkey, Uzbekistan
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
- In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  
- 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
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Uzbek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Salom
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
Rakhmat
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
Qalay siz?
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
Hayirli tun
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
Hayirli kech
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
Hayirli kun
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
Hayirli tong
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
Iltimos
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
Kechiring!
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
Xayr
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
Sizni sevaman
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
Iltimos! Menga qarang
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Tashkent
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Afghan
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Ferghana
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
154.30 million
  
12
Native Speakers
26.00 million
  
31
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
ouszbek
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Usbekisch
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Uzbek
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
9th–12th centuries AD
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Southestern(Chagatai)
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Chagatay
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Uzbek
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
uz
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
uzb
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
uzb
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
uzb
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
uzbe1247
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
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
  
Uzbek 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 Uzbek and Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uzbek and Punjabi language. Uzbek word for "Hello" is Salom or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Uzbek Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Uzbek vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Uzbek vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uzbek 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 Uzbek and Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uzbek and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uzbek is 44 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.