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Urdu vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Pakistan   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Pakistan   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Malay language   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
40   
29
19   
9

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
Halo   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
maaf   

Bye
الوداع   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
India   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
India   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
اُردُو   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
ourdou   
indonésien   

German Name
Urdu   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
7th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indonesian   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
Indonesian   

Language Position
20   
18
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
ind   

ISO 639 3
urd   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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Urdu and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Indonesian language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Indonesian Language History.

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

Urdu vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Urdu vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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