Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Japan
  
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 in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
128.00 million
  
14
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)
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.