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Urdu vs Russian


Russian vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Pakistan  
Russia  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
India  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
10  
7

How Many Consonants
40  
29
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic  
Cyrillic  

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
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
الوداع  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
India  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
12
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
India  
Olonets  

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Novgorod  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
14
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
اُردُو  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Russki  

French Name
ourdou  
russe  

German Name
Urdu  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Russians  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Slavic  

Branch
Indic  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
20  
18
7  
7

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
rus  

ISO 639 3
urd  
rus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
53-AAA-ea  

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 Russian Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Russian language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Russian Language History.

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

Urdu vs Russian Difficulty

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

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