Urdu and Chinese
Countries
India, Pakistan
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Pakistan
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Pakistan
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
India
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
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Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
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Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
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Scripts
Arabic
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
خوش آمديد
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
براہ مہربانی
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
معاف کرنا
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Dakhini
Mandarin
Where They Speak
India
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Wu
Where They Speak
India
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
South Asia
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
اُردُو
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Bihari
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French Name
ourdou
chinois
German Name
Urdu
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
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Ethnicity
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Han
Origin
12th Century CE
1250 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
urdu1245
sini1245
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating
All Urdu and Chinese 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 Urdu and Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Urdu and Chinese Speaking population
Urdu and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Urdu and Chinese on Urdu vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Urdu and Chinese Language Codes
Urdu and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.