Similarity Between Punjabi And Hindi ( Part 1)

The people who know Hindi can easily learn Punjabi and those who know Punjabi can learn Hindi within a short period of time. Being related languages, there is a lot of similarity in both the languages. The scri pt writing for Hindi is Devanagari and the scri pt used for writing Punjabi is named as Gurumukhi. Both the scri pts are descended from the Brahmi scri pt of Ashoka. Both the scri pts are left to right and the words are written and pronounced phonetically. For writing Punjabi two scri pts are there, one is Gurumukhi and another is Shahmukhi. Gurumukhi is used in East Punjab in India and Shahmukhi is used in West Punjab in Pakistan. Because Gurumukhi scri pt was introduced by the second Guru of the Sikhs Guru Angad Dev Ji , so the name is quite relevant. Same way Devanagari is derived from Brahmi scri pt, so this scri pt is also considered as (Brahma) God s gift. Both Gurumukhi and Devanagari are Alphasyllabury in nature an alphasyllabury system consists of symbols for vowels and consonants. Alphabets of both scri pts represent syllables. Hindi is a soft language, on the other hand Punjabi is little bit harsh. In both the languages some of the words are as it is, the difference is only in accent e.g. In Hindi water is Pani, water is Pani also in Punjabi, Chapatti is Roti in Hindi and Punjabi both, Uthana, Ana ,JAna, Murna, countless words are there that are same in both the languages. Structure of the sentences (SOV) according to the tenses is also same. In present tense in Hindi we use Hay in Punjabi also we use Hay. In Hindi for plural we use hain, in Punjabi we use Hun e.g. where is my bag? In Hindi- Mera bag kahAn hai? In Punjabi Mera bag Kithhe hai?

Some other similarities will be mentioned in another article.