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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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