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
  
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 in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
104.00 million
  
15
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Spanish 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 Spanish and Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Urdu language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Spanish vs Urdu Difficulty
The Spanish vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.