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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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