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Sanskrit and Urdu


Urdu and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
India   
Pakistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Regulated By
Not Available   
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   

Interesting Facts
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • 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
Old German Language   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Prakrit Language   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
10   
7

How Many Consonants
36   
26
40   
29

Scripts
Devanagari   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks   
5
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   
خوش آمديد   

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   
آپ کا شکریہ   

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   
گڈ نائٹ   

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः   
سلام علیکم   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार   
گڈ آفٹر نون   

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   
گڈ مارننگ   

Please
कृपया (kripayā)   
براہ مہربانی   

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
معاف کرنا   

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   
الوداع   

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   
مجھے تم سے محبت   

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
معاف کیجئے گا   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present   
Dakhini   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
Not present   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
India   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
South Asia   

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million   
99+
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
14.10 million   
99+
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
43.00 million   
14

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   
اُردُو   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Bihari   

French Name
sanskrit   
ourdou   

German Name
Sanskrit   
Urdu   

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   
[ˈʊrd̪u]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
2000 B.C.   
12th Century CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Sanskrit   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
Not Available   
20   
18

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sa   
ur   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san   
urd   

ISO 639 2/B
san   
urd   

ISO 639 3
san   
urd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sans1269   
urdu1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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Sanskrit and Urdu Speaking population

Sanskrit and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available 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 Sanskrit and Urdu on Sanskrit vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Urdu Language Codes

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

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