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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
English-Alphabets.jpg#200   
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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