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Urdu vs Spanish


Spanish vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
46  
1

National Language
Pakistan  
Spain  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
India  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
French Language  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
40  
29
22  
12

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  
hola  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
Gracias  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
Buenos Días  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
Por Favor  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
triste  

Bye
الوداع  
adiós  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
India  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
12
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
India  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
14
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
اُردُو  
Español  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
ourdou  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Urdu  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
210 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Romance  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
20  
18
2  
2

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
spa  

ISO 639 3
urd  
spa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Urdu and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Spanish language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Urdu vs Spanish Difficulty

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

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