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Urdu and Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
2   
13

National Language
Spain   
Pakistan   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
India   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • 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
French Language   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
22   
12
40   
29

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hola   
خوش آمديد   

Thank You
Gracias   
آپ کا شکریہ   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
گڈ نائٹ   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
سلام علیکم   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
گڈ آفٹر نون   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
گڈ مارننگ   

Please
Por Favor   
براہ مہربانی   

Sorry
triste   
معاف کرنا   

Bye
adiós   
الوداع   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
مجھے تم سے محبت   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
معاف کیجئے گا   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Dakhini   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
India   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
India   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
South Asia   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
43.00 million   
14

Native Name
Español   
اُردُو   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Bihari   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
ourdou   

German Name
Spanisch   
Urdu   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
[ˈʊrd̪u]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
210 BC   
12th Century CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
2   
2
20   
18

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
ur   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
urd   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
urd   

ISO 639 3
spa   
urd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
urdu1245   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
59-AAF-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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Spanish and Urdu Speaking population

Spanish and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Urdu on Spanish vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Urdu Language Codes

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

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