Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Indonesia
  
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 in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
163.00 million
  
11
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.