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Urdu vs 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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Spanish and Urdu Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Urdu language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Urdu Language History.

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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.

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