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Urdu and Tagalog


Tagalog and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Pakistan   
Philippines   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Filipinos   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Asia, Australia   

Minority Language
India   
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee   

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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
40   
29
18   
8

Scripts
Arabic   
Baybayin   

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
Kamusta   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
Salamat po   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
Kamusta ka na?   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
Magandang gabi   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
Magandang gabi po   

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون   
Magandang hapon po   

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
Magandang umaga po   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
pakiusap   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
pinagsisisihan   

Bye
الوداع   
Paálam   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
Iniibig kita   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Batangas Tagalog   

Where They Speak
India   
Batangas, Gabon   

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

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Bisalog   

Where They Speak
India   
Philippines   

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Filipino   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
73.00 million   
24

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
28.00 million   
29

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
45.00 million   
13

Native Name
اُردُو   
Tagalog   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
Filipino, Pilipino   

French Name
ourdou   
tagalog   

German Name
Urdu   
Tagalog   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Tagalog people   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
1593   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indonesian   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
Filipino   

Language Position
20   
18
58   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
t1   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
tgl   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
tgl   

ISO 639 3
urd   
tg1   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
taga1269   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
31-CKA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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

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Urdu and Tagalog Speaking population

Urdu and Tagalog speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Tagalog languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Tagalog Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 %. 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 Tagalog on Urdu vs Tagalog where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Tagalog Language Codes

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

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