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Spanish and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
46   
1

National Language
Pakistan   
Spain   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
India   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
French Language   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
40   
29
22   
12

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
hola   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
Gracias   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
Buenos Días   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
Por Favor   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
triste   

Bye
الوداع   
adiós   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
India   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
India   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
اُردُو   
Español   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
ourdou   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Urdu   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
210 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Romance   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
20   
18
2   
2

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
spa   

ISO 639 3
urd   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Urdu and Spanish Speaking population

Urdu and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Urdu vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Spanish Language Codes

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

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