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Urdu and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
India  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • 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
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
10  
7

How Many Consonants
19  
9
40  
29

Scripts
Hangul  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
الوداع  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
India  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
India  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
South Asia  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
43.00 million  
14

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Bihari  

French Name
coréen  
ourdou  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Not Available  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
12  
11
20  
18

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
urd  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
urd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kore1280  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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

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Korean and Urdu Speaking population

Korean and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % 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 Korean and Urdu on Korean vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Urdu Language Codes

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

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