Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Pakistan
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
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
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
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.
  
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Tagalog Language
  
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Spanish Language
  
Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
خوش آمديد
  
Kumusta
  
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Kumusta
  
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
  
magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Magandang hapon
  
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
  
Magandang umaga
  
Please
براہ مہربانی
  
Mangyaring
  
Sorry
معاف کرنا
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
الوداع
  
Paalam
  
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Mahal kita
  
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
  
patawarin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Dakhini
  
Bikol
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Hiligaynon
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
8,200,000.00
  
11
Dialect 3
Rekhta
  
Waray
  
Where They Speak
South Asia
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,600,000.00
  
13
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
90.00 million
  
17
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
61.00 million
  
19
45.00 million
  
23
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million
  
14
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
اُردُو
  
filipino
  
Alternative Names
Bihari
  
Pilipino
  
French Name
ourdou
  
filipino; pilipino
  
German Name
Urdu
  
Pilipino
  
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
12th Century CE
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian 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
  
Filipino
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ur
  
No Data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
urd
  
fil
  
ISO 639 2/B
urd
  
fil
  
ISO 639 3
urd
  
fil
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
urdu1245
  
fili1244
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
  
No Data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Urdu and Filipino 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 Filipino greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Filipino language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Filipino word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Filipino Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Urdu vs Filipino Difficulty
The Urdu vs Filipino difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu Alphabets and Filipino 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 Filipino are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Filipino, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Filipino time required is 44 weeks.