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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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