Countries
Fiji, India
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
India
Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- 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
Urdu
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4452
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1110
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3340
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
خوش آمديد
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
آپ کا شکریہ
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
گڈ نائٹ
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
سلام علیکم
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
گڈ آفٹر نون
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
گڈ مارننگ
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
براہ مہربانی
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
معاف کرنا
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
الوداع
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
مجھے تم سے محبت
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
معاف کیجئے گا
Dialect 1
Khariboli
Dakhini
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
India
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Marwari
Hyderabadi Urdu
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
India
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0069,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Bundeli
Rekhta
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
South Asia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0069,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
213
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million104.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
4.70 %0.99 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
260.00 million61.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million43.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
हिन्दी
اُردُو
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Bihari
French Name
hindi
ourdou
German Name
Hindi
Urdu
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Urdu-speaking people
Origin
7th Century
12th Century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Modern Standard Urdu
Language Position
520
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Signed Urdu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hi
ur
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hin
urd
ISO 639 2/B
hin
urd
ISO 639 3
hin
urd
ISO 639 6
hins
urd
Glottocode
hind1269
urdu1245
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
59-AAF-q
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional