Countries
Countries
India, Pakistan
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
2
13
33
2
National Language
Pakistan
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Pakistan
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
India
South Africa
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Not Available
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Not Available
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
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English-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
52
31
26
8
Phonology
How Many Vowels
10
7
5
2
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
7
6
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
11
6 weeks
3
Greetings
Hello
خوش آمديد
Hello
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
Thank you
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
How are you?
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
Good Night
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
Good Morning
Please
براہ مہربانی
Please
Sorry
معاف کرنا
Sorry
Bye
الوداع
Bye
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
I love you
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
Excuse Me
Dialects
Dialect 1
Dakhini
American English
Where They Speak
India
United States of America
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
12
225,000,000.00
3
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
India
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
4,500,000.00
15
Dialect 3
Rekhta
Welsh English
Where They Speak
South Asia
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
2,500,000.00
14
Total No. Of Dialects
3
3
188
34
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
15
1,200.00 million
1
Speaking Population
0.99 %
20
5.43 %
4
Native Speakers
61.00 million
19
400.00 million
3
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million
14
400.00 million
1
Native Name
اُردُو
English
Alternative Names
Bihari
Not Available
French Name
ourdou
anglais
German Name
Urdu
Englisch
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
History
Origin
12th Century CE
5th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
Standard English
Language Position
20
18
3
3
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ur
en
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
urd
eng
ISO 639 2/B
urd
eng
ISO 639 3
urd
eng
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
urdu1245
stan1293
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
52-ABA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
