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Urdu vs Chinese


Chinese vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
Pakistan   
China, Taiwan   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
24   
19

How Many Consonants
40   
29
23   
13

Scripts
Arabic   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
الوداع   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
India   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Wu   

Where They Speak
India   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Yue   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
اُردُو   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
Not Available   

French Name
ourdou   
chinois   

German Name
Urdu   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Han   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
Standard Chinese   

Language Position
20   
18
1   
1

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
chi   

ISO 639 3
urd   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Urdu and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Chinese language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. 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 Chinese Language History.

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Urdu and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Chinese language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Urdu vs Chinese Difficulty

The Urdu vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.

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