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Urdu and Indonesian Speaking countries


Indonesian and Urdu Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Pakistan   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Pakistan   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Malay language   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

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Urdu and Indonesian as Minority Language

In Urdu and Indonesian speaking countries you will get the countries which have Urdu and Indonesian as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Urdu as minority language: India.
  • Indonesian as minority language: Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands.

If you want to compare Urdu and Indonesian dialects, then you can go to Urdu vs Indonesian Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Urdu and Indonesian Regulators

Urdu and Indonesian speaking countries provide you Urdu and Indonesian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan regulates Urdu language.Indonesian is regulated by Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa. Also get to learn, Urdu and Indonesian Language History.

Urdu and Indonesian Continents

Thinking about Urdu and Indonesian continents in which Urdu and Indonesian speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Urdu and Indonesian. Most of the Urdu speaking countries lie in Asia, Oceania. While Indonesian speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Urdu and Indonesian languages:

Urdu Interesting Facts:

Indonesian Interesting Facts:

The Urdu language was derived from Ghaznavid Persian Language and is similar to Arabic and Hindi Languages whereas Urdu language is similar to Malay language and derived from Malay and Dutch Languages.

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