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Indonesian and Urdu


Urdu and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Indonesia   
Pakistan   

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   
India   

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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
Malay language   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
10   
7

How Many Consonants
19   
9
40   
29

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
خوش آمديد   

Thank You
Terima kasih   
آپ کا شکریہ   

How Are You?
Apa kabar?   
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
گڈ نائٹ   

Good Evening
Malam yang baik   
سلام علیکم   

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore   
گڈ آفٹر نون   

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi   
گڈ مارننگ   

Please
mohon Untuk   
براہ مہربانی   

Sorry
maaf   
معاف کرنا   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
الوداع   

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu   
مجھے تم سے محبت   

Excuse Me
Permisi   
معاف کیجئے گا   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese   
Dakhini   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
India   

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00   
8
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
Balinese   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   
India   

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Minangkabau   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia   
South Asia   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
46   
30
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million   
4
43.00 million   
14

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu   
اُردُو   

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia   
Bihari   

French Name
indonésien   
ourdou   

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia   
Urdu   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈʊrd̪u]   

Ethnicity
Indonesians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
7th Century   
12th Century CE   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
56   
99+
20   
18

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
id   
ur   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind   
urd   

ISO 639 2/B
ind   
urd   

ISO 639 3
ind   
urd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
indo1316   
urdu1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional   

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

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Indonesian and Urdu Speaking population

Indonesian and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % 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 Indonesian and Urdu on Indonesian vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Urdu Language Codes

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

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