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
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
I Love You
I love you
مجھے تم سے محبت
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
Dialect 1
American English
Dakhini
Where They Speak
United States of America
India
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Hyderabadi Urdu
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Rekhta
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
South Asia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Origin
5th Century AD
12th Century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Modern Standard Urdu
Signed Forms
Signed English
Signed Urdu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
urdu1245
Linguasphere
52-ABA
59-AAF-q
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Fusional
English 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 English and Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Urdu language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common English Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Urdu Difficulty
The English vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.
