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Urdu and Turkish


Turkish and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
11   
5

National Language
Pakistan   
Turkey   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
India   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
8   
5

How Many Consonants
40   
29
21   
11

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
Merhaba   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
günaydın   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
lütfen   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
üzgünüm   

Bye
الوداع   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
India   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
India   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
اُردُو   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
ourdou   
turc   

German Name
Urdu   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Turkish   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Turkic   

Branch
Indic   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
20   
18
19   
17

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
tur   

ISO 639 3
urd   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
44-AAB-a   

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

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Urdu and Turkish Speaking population

Urdu and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. 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 Turkish on Urdu vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Turkish Language Codes

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

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