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Tagalog vs Urdu


Urdu vs Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Philippines  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Filipinos  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  
India  

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

Interesting Facts
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
  • 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
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
18  
8
40  
29

Scripts
Baybayin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
Salamat po  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
Magandang gabi  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
pakiusap  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
Paálam  
الوداع  

I Love You
Iniibig kita  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon  
India  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Bisalog  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
India  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
69,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 3
Filipino  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
South Asia  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million  
24
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
43.00 million  
20

Native Name
Tagalog  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino  
Bihari  

French Name
tagalog  
ourdou  

German Name
Tagalog  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Tagalog people  
Urdu-speaking people  

History

Origin
1593  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
58  
99+
20  
18

Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
t1  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
tgl  
urd  

ISO 639 3
tg1  
urd  

ISO 639 6
tgl  
urd  

Glottocode
taga1269  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
31-CKA  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Tagalog and Urdu Language History

Comparison of Tagalog vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Tagalog and Urdu language. History of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593 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 Tagalog and Urdu Language History.

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Tagalog 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 Tagalog and Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Urdu language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Tagalog vs Urdu Difficulty

The Tagalog vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog 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 Tagalog and Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.

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