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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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