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Urdu and Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
2   
13

National Language
Turkey   
Pakistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
India   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
10   
7

How Many Consonants
21   
11
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
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
خوش آمديد   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
آپ کا شکریہ   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
گڈ نائٹ   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
سلام علیکم   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
گڈ آفٹر نون   

Good Morning
günaydın   
گڈ مارننگ   

Please
lütfen   
براہ مہربانی   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
معاف کرنا   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
الوداع   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
مجھے تم سے محبت   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
معاف کیجئے گا   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Dakhini   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
India   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
India   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
South Asia   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
43.00 million   
14

Native Name
Türkçe   
اُردُو   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Bihari   

French Name
turc   
ourdou   

German Name
Türkisch   
Urdu   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
[ˈʊrd̪u]   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
12th Century CE   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
19   
17
20   
18

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
ur   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
urd   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
urd   

ISO 639 3
tur   
urd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
urdu1245   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
59-AAF-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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Turkish and Urdu Speaking population

Turkish and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % 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 Turkish and Urdu on Turkish vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Turkish and Urdu Language Codes

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

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