Countries
Philippines
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Pakistan
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Interesting Facts
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
- 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
Tagalog Language
  
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Derived From
Spanish Language
  
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Alphabets in
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kumusta
  
خوش آمديد
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
آپ کا شکریہ
  
How Are You?
Kumusta
  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Good Night
magandang gabi
  
گڈ نائٹ
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
  
سلام علیکم
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
  
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
  
گڈ مارننگ
  
Please
Mangyaring
  
براہ مہربانی
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
معاف کرنا
  
Bye
Paalam
  
الوداع
  
I Love You
Mahal kita
  
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
  
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Dialect 1
Bikol
  
Dakhini
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
  
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00
  
11
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Waray
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
South Asia
  
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million
  
17
104.00 million
  
15
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
45.00 million
  
23
61.00 million
  
19
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
43.00 million
  
14
Native Name
filipino
  
اُردُو
  
Alternative Names
Pilipino
  
Bihari
  
French Name
filipino; pilipino
  
ourdou
  
German Name
Pilipino
  
Urdu
  
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16th Century
  
12th Century CE
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No Data Available
  
ur
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fil
  
urd
  
ISO 639 2/B
fil
  
urd
  
ISO 639 3
fil
  
urd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fili1244
  
urdu1245
  
Linguasphere
No Data Available
  
59-AAF-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Filipino 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 Filipino and Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Filipino and Urdu language. Filipino word for "Hello" is Kumusta or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Filipino Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Filipino vs Urdu Difficulty
The Filipino vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Filipino 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 Filipino and Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Filipino and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Filipino is 44 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.