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Urdu vs Japanese


Japanese vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Pakistan   
Japan   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Asia, Pacific   

Minority Language
India   
Palau   

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
40   
29
14   
4

Scripts
Arabic   
Kana   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
الوداع   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Sanuki   

Where They Speak
India   
Kagawa   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
India   
Fukuoka   

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
kansai   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
128.00 million   
9

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
Not Available   

Native Name
اُردُو   
日本語   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
Not Available   

French Name
ourdou   
japonais   

German Name
Urdu   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
1185   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
Japanese   

Language Position
20   
18
8   
8

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
urd   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Urdu and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Japanese language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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

Urdu vs Japanese Difficulty

The Urdu vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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