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Urdu and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
India  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
10  
7

How Many Consonants
23  
13
40  
29

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
الوداع  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
India  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Wu  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
India  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
6
69,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 3
Yue  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
South Asia  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
12
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
43.00 million  
20

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu  
Bihari  

French Name
chinois  
ourdou  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Urdu-speaking people  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
1  
1
20  
18

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
urd  

ISO 639 3
zho  
urd  

ISO 639 6
zho  
urd  

Glottocode
sini1245  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional  

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All Chinese and Urdu Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chinese and Urdu dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Urdu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Urdu Dialects are spoken in different Urdu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Urdu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Urdu dialects include: Dakhini , Hyderabadi Urdu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Urdu Speaking population

Chinese and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and Urdu on Chinese vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Urdu Language Codes

Chinese and Urdu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Urdu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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