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Urdu vs Greek


Greek vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Pakistan  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
India  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Armenian  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
7  
4

How Many Consonants
40  
29
17  
7

Scripts
Arabic  
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
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
الوداع  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
India  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
12
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Griko  

Where They Speak
India  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
50,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
14
Not Available  

Native Name
اُردُو  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
ourdou  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Urdu  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Hellenic  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
20  
18
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
gre  

ISO 639 3
urd  
ell  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
ells  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Urdu and Greek Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Greek language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Greek Language History.

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

Urdu vs Greek Difficulty

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

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