Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
National Language
Pakistan
  
Malaysia
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India
  
Thailand
  
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
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.
  
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Indonesian Language
  
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Tamil Language
  
Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
خوش آمديد
  
Hai
  
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
  
terima kasih
  
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Apa khabar?
  
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
  
Selamat Petang
  
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Selamat tengah hari
  
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
  
Selamat pagi
  
Please
براہ مہربانی
  
sila
  
Sorry
معاف کرنا
  
maaf
  
Bye
الوداع
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Saya sayang kamu
  
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Maafkan saya
  
Dialect 1
Dakhini
  
Bengkulu
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Pekal
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rekhta
  
Musi
  
Where They Speak
South Asia
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
175.00 million
  
10
Native Speakers
61.00 million
  
19
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million
  
14
98.00 million
  
8
Native Name
اُردُو
  
Bahasa melayu
  
Alternative Names
Bihari
  
Not Available
  
French Name
ourdou
  
malais
  
German Name
Urdu
  
Malaiisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
12th Century CE
  
c. 683 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ur
  
ms
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
urd
  
msa
  
ISO 639 2/B
urd
  
may
  
ISO 639 3
urd
  
zsm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
urdu1245
  
stan1306
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative
  
All Urdu and Malaysian 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 Malaysian dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and Malaysian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas Malaysian Dialects are spoken in different Malaysian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs Malaysian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu , Pekal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Urdu and Malaysian Speaking population
Urdu and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Urdu vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Urdu and Malaysian Language Codes
Urdu and Malaysian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Malaysian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.