Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Pakistan
Second Language
Indonesia
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Thailand
India
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Derived From
Tamil Language
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2652
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
610
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2440
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hai
خوش آمديد
Thank You
terima kasih
آپ کا شکریہ
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Good Night
Selamat Malam
گڈ نائٹ
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
سلام علیکم
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
گڈ آفٹر نون
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
گڈ مارننگ
Please
sila
براہ مہربانی
Sorry
maaf
معاف کرنا
Bye
Selamat tinggal
الوداع
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
مجھے تم سے محبت
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
معاف کیجئے گا
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Dakhini
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
India
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pekal
Hyderabadi Urdu
Where They Speak
Indonesia
India
How Many People Speak
30,000.0069,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Musi
Rekhta
Where They Speak
Indonesia
South Asia
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.0069,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
243
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million104.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.16 %0.99 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million61.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million43.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
اُردُو
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Bihari
French Name
malais
ourdou
German Name
Malaiisch
Urdu
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Urdu-speaking people
Origin
c. 683 AD
12th Century CE
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Modern Standard Urdu
Language Position
5420
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Signed Urdu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
ur
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
urd
ISO 639 2/B
may
urd
ISO 639 3
zsm
urd
ISO 639 6
may
urd
Glottocode
stan1306
urdu1245
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional