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Urdu and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Russia   
Pakistan   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
India   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
10   
7

How Many Consonants
21   
11
40   
29

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
خوش آمديد   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
آپ کا شکریہ   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
گڈ نائٹ   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
سلام علیکم   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
گڈ آفٹر نون   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
گڈ مارننگ   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
براہ مہربانی   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
معاف کرنا   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
الوداع   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
مجھے تم سے محبت   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
معاف کیجئے گا   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Dakhini   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
India   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
India   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
South Asia   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
43.00 million   
14

Native Name
Русский   
اُردُو   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Bihari   

French Name
russe   
ourdou   

German Name
Russisch   
Urdu   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
[ˈʊrd̪u]   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
12th Century CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Eastern   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
7   
7
20   
18

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
ur   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
urd   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
urd   

ISO 639 3
rus   
urd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
urdu1245   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
59-AAF-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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Russian and Urdu Speaking population

Russian and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Urdu on Russian vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Urdu Language Codes

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

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