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Afrikaans vs Urdu


Urdu vs Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
Pakistan   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
India   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
32   
14
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
10   
7

How Many Consonants
17   
7
40   
29

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
خوش آمديد   

Thank You
Dankie   
آپ کا شکریہ   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   

Good Night
goeie nag   
گڈ نائٹ   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
سلام علیکم   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
گڈ آفٹر نون   

Good Morning
goeie more   
گڈ مارننگ   

Please
asseblief   
براہ مہربانی   

Sorry
jammer   
معاف کرنا   

Bye
Not Available   
الوداع   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
مجھے تم سے محبت   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
معاف کیجئے گا   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Dakhini   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
India   

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
South Asia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million   
99+
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
43.00 million   
14

Native Name
Afrikaans   
اُردُو   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Bihari   

French Name
afrikaans   
ourdou   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Urdu   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
[ˈʊrd̪u]   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Not Available   

History

Origin
17th Century   
12th Century CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Western   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
Not Available   
20   
18

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
ur   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
urd   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
urd   

ISO 639 3
afr   
urd   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
urdu1245   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
59-AAF-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Fusional   

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Afrikaans and Urdu Language History

Comparison of Afrikaans vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Afrikaans and Urdu language. History of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE. 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 Afrikaans and Urdu Language History.

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Afrikaans and Urdu 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 Afrikaans and Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Urdu language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Afrikaans vs Urdu Difficulty

The Afrikaans vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Urdu 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 Afrikaans and Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.

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