Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
  
India, Pakistan
  
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 in
Turkish-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
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Gagauz
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
South Asia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
75.00 million
  
23
104.00 million
  
15
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Turkish 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 Turkish and Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Urdu language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Urdu Difficulty
The Turkish vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish 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 Turkish and Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.