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Urdu and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
2  
13

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
10  
7

How Many Consonants
28  
18
40  
29

Scripts
Arabic  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
شكرا  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
من فضلك  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
آسف  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
وداعا  
الوداع  

I Love You
أحبك  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
India  

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

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
India  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
6
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
South Asia  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
3
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
43.00 million  
14

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Bihari  

French Name
arabe  
ourdou  

German Name
Arabisch  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Not Available  

History

Origin
512 CE  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
North Arabic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
25  
21
20  
18

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
urd  

ISO 639 3
ara  
urd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
arab1395  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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All Arabic and Urdu Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Arabic and Urdu dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Urdu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Urdu Dialects are spoken in different Urdu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Urdu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Urdu dialects include: Dakhini , Hyderabadi Urdu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Urdu Speaking population

Arabic and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Arabic and Urdu on Arabic vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Urdu Language Codes

Arabic and Urdu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Urdu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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