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Urdu and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
2   
13

National Language
Germany   
Pakistan   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
India   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
10   
7

How Many Consonants
9   
1
40   
29

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
خوش آمديد   

Thank You
Danke   
آپ کا شکریہ   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
گڈ نائٹ   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
سلام علیکم   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
گڈ آفٹر نون   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
گڈ مارننگ   

Please
bitte   
براہ مہربانی   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
معاف کرنا   

Bye
Tschüs   
الوداع   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
مجھے تم سے محبت   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
معاف کیجئے گا   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Dakhini   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
India   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
Germany   
India   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
Texas   
South Asia   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
43.00 million   
14

Native Name
Deutsch   
اُردُو   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Bihari   

French Name
allemand   
ourdou   

German Name
Deutsch   
Urdu   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
[ˈʊrd̪u]   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Not Available   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
12th Century CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Western   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
9   
9
20   
18

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
ur   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
urd   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
urd   

ISO 639 3
deu   
urd   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
urdu1245   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
59-AAF-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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German and Urdu Speaking population

German and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of German and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Urdu on German vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Urdu Language Codes

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

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