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Chinese and Urdu


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
Not Available   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
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   
13
44 weeks   
11

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   
12

Dialect 2
Wu   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
India   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yue   
Rekhta   

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

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

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 %   
20

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
43.00 million   
14

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
اُردُو   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Bihari   

French Name
chinois   
ourdou   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Urdu   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈʊrd̪u]   

Ethnicity
Han   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
12th Century CE   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
urdu1245   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
59-AAF-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

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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