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Russian vs Urdu


Urdu vs 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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Russian and Urdu Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Urdu language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD 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 Russian and Urdu Language History.

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

Russian vs Urdu Difficulty

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

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