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Urdu and Sanskrit


Sanskrit and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Pakistan  
India  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Old German Language  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
16  
13

How Many Consonants
40  
29
36  
26

Scripts
Arabic  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
الوداع  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Not present  

Where They Speak
India  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
12
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Not present  

Where They Speak
India  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Not present  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
14.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
Not Available  

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
14
Not Available  

Native Name
اُردُو  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Not Available  

French Name
ourdou  
sanskrit  

German Name
Urdu  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
20  
18
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
san  

ISO 639 3
urd  
san  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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

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Urdu and Sanskrit Speaking population

Urdu and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available. 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 Sanskrit on Urdu vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Sanskrit Language Codes

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

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