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Urdu vs Italian


Italian vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
7  
8

National Language
Pakistan  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Europe  

Minority Language
India  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
French and Portuguese Languages  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
40  
29
16  
6

Scripts
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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
ciao  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
grazie  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
Come stai?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
buonanotte  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
buongiorno  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
Per Favore  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
scusate  

Bye
الوداع  
arrivederci  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Romanesco  

Where They Speak
India  
Lazio  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
12
3,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Central Italian  

Where They Speak
India  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.90 %  
22

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
14
14.00 million  
20

Native Name
اُردُو  
Italiano  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Italiano  

French Name
ourdou  
italien  

German Name
Urdu  
Italienisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[itaˈljaːno]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Italians  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
960 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Romance  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Italian  

Language Position
20  
18
27  
23

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
ita  

ISO 639 3
urd  
ita  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
itas  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
51-AAA-q  

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 Italian Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Italian language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 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 Italian Language History.

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

Urdu vs Italian Difficulty

The Urdu vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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