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Urdu vs German


German vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
7   
8

National Language
Pakistan   
Germany   

Second Language
Pakistan   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Europe   

Minority Language
India   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
10   
7

How Many Consonants
40   
29
9   
1

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
hallo   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
Danke   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
guten Morgen   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
bitte   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
Verzeihung   

Bye
الوداع   
Tschüs   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
India   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
India   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
اُردُو   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
ourdou   
allemand   

German Name
Urdu   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Germans   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Germanic   

Branch
Indic   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
20   
18
9   
9

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
ger   

ISO 639 3
urd   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Urdu and German Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and German language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD. 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 German Language History.

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

Urdu vs German Difficulty

The Urdu vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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