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Urdu and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Germany  
Pakistan  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
India  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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 English Languages  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
10  
7

How Many Consonants
9  
1
40  
29

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
Danke  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
bitte  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
Tschüs  
الوداع  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
India  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
Germany  
India  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
Texas  
South Asia  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
13
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
43.00 million  
20

Native Name
Deutsch  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Bihari  

French Name
allemand  
ourdou  

German Name
Deutsch  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Urdu-speaking people  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Western  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
9  
9
20  
18

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
urd  

ISO 639 3
deu  
urd  

ISO 639 6
deus  
urd  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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German and Urdu Speaking population

German and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of German and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Urdu on German vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Urdu Language Codes

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

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