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Urdu and English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
2  
13

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Pakistan  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
South Africa  
India  

Regulated By
Not Available  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
40  
29

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
Thank you  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
How are you?  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
Good Night  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
Please  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
Sorry  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
Bye  
الوداع  

I Love You
I love you  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
India  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
3
11,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
India  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
15
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
South Asia  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
43.00 million  
14

Native Name
English  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Bihari  

French Name
anglais  
ourdou  

German Name
Englisch  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
3  
3
20  
18

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
urd  

ISO 639 3
eng  
urd  

ISO 639 6
engs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1293  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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All English 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 English and Urdu dialects. Various dialects of English and Urdu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Urdu Dialects are spoken in different Urdu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Urdu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Urdu dialects include: Dakhini , Hyderabadi Urdu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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English and Urdu Speaking population

English and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of English and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Urdu on English vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Urdu Language Codes

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

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