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Malaysian and Urdu


Urdu and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Malaysia   
Pakistan   

Second Language
Indonesia   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Thailand   
India   

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
10   
7

How Many Consonants
24   
14
40   
29

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
خوش آمديد   

Thank You
terima kasih   
آپ کا شکریہ   

How Are You?
Apa khabar?   
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
گڈ نائٹ   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
سلام علیکم   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
گڈ آفٹر نون   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
گڈ مارننگ   

Please
sila   
براہ مہربانی   

Sorry
maaf   
معاف کرنا   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
الوداع   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
مجھے تم سے محبت   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
معاف کیجئے گا   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Dakhini   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
India   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
India   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Musi   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
South Asia   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
43.00 million   
14

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
اُردُو   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Bihari   

French Name
malais   
ourdou   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Urdu   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
[ˈʊrd̪u]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
12th Century CE   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
54   
39
20   
18

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
ur   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
urd   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
urd   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
urd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
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
Agglutinative   
Fusional   

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

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Malaysian and Urdu Speaking population

Malaysian and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % 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 Malaysian and Urdu on Malaysian vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and Urdu Language Codes

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

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