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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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