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Urdu vs Filipino


Filipino vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
52  
31
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
40  
29
23  
13

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
90.00 million  
17

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
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  

History

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
20  
18
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Urdu and Filipino Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Filipino language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Filipino language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE whereas history of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th Century. 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 Filipino Language History.

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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.

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