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Urdu and Persian


Persian and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Pakistan   
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   

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.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
52   
31
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
40   
29
23   
13

Scripts
Arabic   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
سلام   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
صبح به خیر   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
لطفا   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
متاسف   

Bye
الوداع   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
India   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
India   
Afganistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
12,500,000.00   
7

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
7,900,000.00   
6

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
65.00 million   
17

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
Not Available   

Native Name
اُردُو   
فارسی   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
ourdou   
persan   

German Name
Urdu   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Persian people   

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   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
per   

ISO 639 3
urd   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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All Urdu and Persian 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 Persian dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Urdu and Persian Speaking population

Urdu and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Urdu vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Persian Language Codes

Urdu and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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