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Indonesian vs Urdu


Urdu vs 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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Indonesian and Urdu Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Urdu language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Indonesian and Urdu Language History.

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Indonesian and Urdu Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Indonesian and Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Urdu language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Indonesian vs Urdu Difficulty

The Indonesian vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian Alphabets and Urdu Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Indonesian and Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.

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