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Urdu vs Turkish


Turkish vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
11  
5

National Language
Pakistan  
Turkey  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
India  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Turkish Language Association  

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
8  
5

How Many Consonants
40  
29
21  
11

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
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
Merhaba  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
günaydın  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
lütfen  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
üzgünüm  

Bye
الوداع  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
India  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
12
26,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
India  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
480,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
140,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.95 %  
21

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
14
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
اُردُو  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
ourdou  
turc  

German Name
Urdu  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Turkish  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Turkic  

Branch
Indic  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
20  
18
19  
17

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
tur  

ISO 639 3
urd  
tur  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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Urdu and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Turkish language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Urdu vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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