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Tagalog and Urdu


Urdu and Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Philippines   
Pakistan   

Second Language
Filipinos   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom   
India   

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee   
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   

Interesting Facts
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
  • 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
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25   
7
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
18   
8
40   
29

Scripts
Baybayin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta   
خوش آمديد   

Thank You
Salamat po   
آپ کا شکریہ   

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?   
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   

Good Night
Magandang gabi   
گڈ نائٹ   

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po   
سلام علیکم   

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po   
گڈ آفٹر نون   

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po   
گڈ مارننگ   

Please
pakiusap   
براہ مہربانی   

Sorry
pinagsisisihan   
معاف کرنا   

Bye
Paálam   
الوداع   

I Love You
Iniibig kita   
مجھے تم سے محبت   

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako   
معاف کیجئے گا   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog   
Dakhini   

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon   
India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
Bisalog   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
India   

Dialect 3
Filipino   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
South Asia   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million   
24
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million   
13
43.00 million   
14

Native Name
Tagalog   
اُردُو   

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino   
Bihari   

French Name
tagalog   
ourdou   

German Name
Tagalog   
Urdu   

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]   
[ˈʊrd̪u]   

Ethnicity
Tagalog people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1593   
12th Century CE   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Filipino   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
58   
99+
20   
18

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
t1   
ur   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl   
urd   

ISO 639 2/B
tgl   
urd   

ISO 639 3
tg1   
urd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
taga1269   
urdu1245   

Linguasphere
31-CKA   
59-AAF-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Tagalog and Urdu Speaking population

Tagalog and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tagalog and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Tagalog and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 % 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 Tagalog and Urdu on Tagalog vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tagalog and Urdu Language Codes

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

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