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Sundanese and Urdu


Urdu and Sundanese


Countries

Countries
West Java  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Indonesia  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
-  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

Interesting Facts
  • The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
  • 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
Madurese and Malay Languages  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
16  
6
40  
29

Scripts
Latin, Sundanese  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks  
15
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
Nuhun  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
Wilujeng kulem  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
Mangga  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
Hapunten  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
Wilujeng angkat  
الوداع  

I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
Punten  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western dialect  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
Banten  
India  

How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00  
18
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Northern dialect  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
Bogor  
India  

How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00  
16
69,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 3
Priangan dialect  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
Bandung  
South Asia  

How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00  
15
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million  
32
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
39.00 million  
22
43.00 million  
20

Native Name
Basa Sunda  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda  
Bihari  

French Name
soundanais  
ourdou  

German Name
Sundanesisch  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui  
Urdu-speaking people  

History

Origin
5th century AD  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Sundanese  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
42  
39
20  
18

Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
su  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sun  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
sun  
urd  

ISO 639 3
sun  
urd  

ISO 639 6
sun  
urd  

Glottocode
sund1251  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Sundanese and Urdu Speaking population

Sundanese and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sundanese and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Sundanese and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 % 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 Sundanese and Urdu on Sundanese vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sundanese and Urdu Language Codes

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

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