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Urdu and Persian History


Persian and Urdu Language History


History

Origin
12th Century CE   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
Persian   

Language Position
20   
18
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

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Early forms of Urdu and Persian

The Early forms of Urdu and Persian explains the evolution of Urdu and Persian languages which is under Urdu and Persian history. The early forms give us the early stages of the language. By studying Urdu and Persian history we will understand how the Urdu and Persian languages were evolved and modified according to time.

  • Early forms of Urdu: No early forms.
  • Early forms of Persian: Old Persian and Middle Persian.
  • Standard forms of Urdu: Modern Standard Urdu.
  • Standard forms of Persian: Persian.
  • Signed forms of Urdu: Signed Urdu
  • Signed forms of Persian: Signed Urdu

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Urdu and Persian Language Family

In Urdu and Persian history, you will get to know about Urdu and Persian language family. Go through all languages which belong to Afro-Asiatic Languages and Niger-Congo Languages and explore more about them. A language family is defined as group of languages that are derived from common ancestors. Urdu is a part of Indo-European Family while Persian is a part of Indo-European Family. The subgroup and branch of Urdu is Indo-Iranian and Indic resp. The subgroup and branch of Persian is Indo-Iranian and Iranian resp. Language families are subdivided into smaller units. Scripts used by these languages also depend upon their family. Check out the scripts used in Urdu and Persian language on Urdu vs Persian alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Urdu vs Persian Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Urdu vs Persian language rank. Urdu and Persian history gives you Urdu and Persian language rank. The Urdu language rank is 20. And Persian language rank is 23. The language which is at the higher position has maximum number of native speakers. If you want to know the number of native speakers then go to Urdu vs Persian.

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