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Urdu vs Arabic


Arabic vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
23  
4

National Language
Pakistan  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Africa, 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  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
8  
5

How Many Consonants
40  
29
28  
18

Scripts
Arabic  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
مرحبا  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
شكرا  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
صباح الخير  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
من فضلك  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
آسف  

Bye
الوداع  
وداعا  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
India  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

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

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
India  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
17,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
21,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
14
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
اُردُو  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
ourdou  
arabe  

German Name
Urdu  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Arabs  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
512 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Semitic  

Branch
Indic  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
20  
18
25  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
ara  

ISO 639 3
urd  
ara  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Urdu and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Arabic language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Urdu and Arabic Language History.

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Urdu and Arabic Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Urdu and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Arabic language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Urdu vs Arabic Difficulty

The Urdu vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu Alphabets and Arabic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Urdu and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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