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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
India, Pakistan

Total No. Of Countries

332
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Pakistan

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Pakistan

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia, Oceania

Minority Language

South Africa
India

Regulated By

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National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan

Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Arabic and Hindi Languages

Derived From

Latin
Ghaznavid Persian Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2652
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

510
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2140
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

74
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
خوش آمديد

Thank You

Thank you
آپ کا شکریہ

How Are You?

How are you?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟

Good Night

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ

Good Evening

Good Evening
سلام علیکم

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون

Good Morning

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ

Please

Please
براہ مہربانی

Sorry

Sorry
معاف کرنا

Bye

Bye
الوداع

I Love You

I love you
مجھے تم سے محبت

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Dakhini

Where They Speak

United States of America
India

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Hyderabadi Urdu

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
India

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.0069,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Rekhta

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
South Asia

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.0069,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1883
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million104.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.99 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million61.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million43.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
اُردُو

Alternative Names

English
Bihari

French Name

anglais
ourdou

German Name

Englisch
Urdu

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[ˈʊrd̪u]

Ethnicity

English people
Urdu-speaking people

History

Origin

5th Century AD
12th Century CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

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Indo-Iranian

Branch

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Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard English
Modern Standard Urdu

Language Position

320
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Signed Urdu

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

en
ur

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
urd

ISO 639 2/B

eng
urd

ISO 639 3

eng
urd

ISO 639 6

engs
urd

Glottocode

stan1293
urdu1245

Linguasphere

52-ABA
59-AAF-q

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Fusional

English and Urdu Alphabets

English and Urdu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Urdu. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Urdu Alphabets there are 52 letters. To learn English and Urdu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Urdu languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Urdu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Urdu are Most Spoken Languages.

All English 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 English and Urdu dialects. Various dialects of English and Urdu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Urdu Dialects are spoken in different Urdu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Urdu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Urdu dialects include: Dakhini , Hyderabadi Urdu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

English and Urdu Speaking population

English and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of English and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Urdu on English vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Urdu Language Codes

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