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Urdu Language



Countries
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Countries
India, Pakistan 0

Total No. Of Countries
2 13

National Language
Pakistan 0

Second Language
Pakistan 0

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania 0

Minority Language
India 0

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan 0

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.
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Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages 0

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language 0

Alphabets
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Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200 0

Alphabets
52 31

Phonology
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How Many Vowels
10 7

How Many Consonants
40 29

Scripts
Arabic 0

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal 0

Hard to Learn
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Language Levels
4 3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 11

Greetings
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Hello
خوش آمديد 0

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ 0

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟ 0

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ 0

Good Evening
سلام علیکم 0

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون 0

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ 0

Please
براہ مہربانی 0

Sorry
معاف کرنا 0

Bye
الوداع 0

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت 0

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا 0

Dialects
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Dialect 1
Dakhini 0

Where They Speak
India 0

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00 12

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu 0

Where They Speak
India 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Dialect 3
Rekhta 0

Where They Speak
South Asia 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Total No. Of Dialects
3 3

How Many People Speak
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How Many People Speak?
104.00 million 15

Speaking Population
0.99 % 20

Native Speakers
61.00 million 19

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million 14

Native Name
اُردُو 0

Alternative Names
Bihari 0

French Name
ourdou 0

German Name
Urdu 0

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u] 0

Ethnicity
Not Available 0

History
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Origin
12th Century CE 0

Language Family
Indo-European Family 0

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian 0

Branch
Indic 0

Language Forms
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Early Forms
No early forms 0

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu 0

Language Position
20 18

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu 0

Scope
Individual 0

Code
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ISO 639 1
ur 0

ISO 639 2
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ISO 639 2/T
urd 0

ISO 639 2/B
urd 0

ISO 639 3
urd 0

ISO 639 6
Not Available 0

Glottocode
urdu1245 0

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q 0

Types of Language
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Language Type
Living 0

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available 0

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional 0

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Origin of Urdu language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Urdu language is one of the Most Spoken Languages. The origin of Urdu language states that it was put to use in 12th Century CE. The history of Urdu language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Urdu Language History. Urdu has no early forms. Modern Standard Urdu is the standard form of Urdu language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Urdu Language.

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Urdu population

Urdu population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Urdu language. Urdu language is spoken by 104.00 million people in the world. Most of the Urdu population lies in the Urdu Speaking Countries. Urdu language is spoken as first language by 61.00 million people and as second language by about 43.00 million people. Get to know Urdu speaking population in detail.

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Urdu writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Urdu writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Urdu language. Some languages share common writing systems. Arabic script is used by Urdu language. Learn more about . 

Information about Urdu language

Check out all the information about Urdu language here. You may find it interesting to learn Urdu Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Urdu Speaking Countries, Urdu speaking continents and Urdu Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Urdu countries knowing common Urdu Greetings will help you in communicating with Urdu people.

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