Countries
India, Pakistan
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
National Language
Pakistan
  
North Korea, South Korea
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India
  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
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.
  
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
خوش آمديد
  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Please
براہ مہربانی
  
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Sorry
معاف کرنا
  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Bye
الوداع
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Dialect 1
Dakhini
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
India
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
India
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Rekhta
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
South Asia
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
77.00 million
  
22
Native Speakers
61.00 million
  
19
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million
  
14
Not Available
  
Native Name
اُردُو
  
한국어 (조선말)
  
Alternative Names
Bihari
  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
French Name
ourdou
  
coréen
  
German Name
Urdu
  
Koreanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Koreans
  
Origin
12th Century CE
  
Before 1st century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Koreanic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ur
  
ko
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
urd
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
urd
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
urd
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
urdu1245
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative
  
Urdu and Korean Speaking population
Urdu and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. 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 Korean on Urdu vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Urdu and Korean Language Codes
Urdu and Korean language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Korean Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.