Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Fiji, India
  
National Language
Pakistan
  
India
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Central Hindi Directorate
  
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.
  
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Urdu
  
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
خوش آمديد
  
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Please
براہ مہربانی
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
معاف کرنا
  
खेद (Khēda)
  
Bye
الوداع
  
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Dialect 1
Dakhini
  
Khariboli
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Marwari
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Rekhta
  
Bundeli
  
Where They Speak
South Asia
  
Bundelkhand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
380.00 million
  
5
Native Speakers
61.00 million
  
19
260.00 million
  
4
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million
  
14
120.00 million
  
6
Native Name
اُردُو
  
हिन्दी
  
Alternative Names
Bihari
  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
French Name
ourdou
  
hindi
  
German Name
Urdu
  
Hindi
  
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Hindustani people
  
Origin
12th Century CE
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Standard Hindi
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ur
  
hi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
urd
  
hin
  
ISO 639 2/B
urd
  
hin
  
ISO 639 3
urd
  
hin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
hins
  
Glottocode
urdu1245
  
hind1269
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
  
59-AAF-qf
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Urdu and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Hindi language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Urdu vs Hindi Difficulty
The Urdu vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.