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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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