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Urdu and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Russia  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
India  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
40  
29

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
الوداع  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
India  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
India  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
69,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
South Asia  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
43.00 million  
20

Native Name
Русский  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Bihari  

French Name
russe  
ourdou  

German Name
Russisch  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Urdu-speaking people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Eastern  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
7  
7
20  
18

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
urd  

ISO 639 3
rus  
urd  

ISO 639 6
rus  
urd  

Glottocode
russ1263  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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Russian and Urdu Speaking population

Russian and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Urdu on Russian vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Urdu Language Codes

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

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