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Urdu vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Japan  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Palau  
India  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
14  
4
40  
29

Scripts
Kana  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
الوداع  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
India  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
28
11,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
India  

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
kansai  
South Asia  

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
43.00 million  
14

Native Name
日本語  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Bihari  

French Name
japonais  
ourdou  

German Name
Japanisch  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1185  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
8  
8
20  
18

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
urd  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
urd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Japanese and Urdu Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Urdu language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 whereas history of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Japanese and Urdu Language History.

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Japanese 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 Japanese and Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Urdu language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Urdu Difficulty

The Japanese vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.

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