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
  
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 in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
489.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.