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Countries

Countries

India, Pakistan
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Pakistan
South Africa

Second Language

Pakistan
Namibia, South Africa

Speaking Continents

Asia, Oceania
Africa

Minority Language

India
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Regulated By

National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.

Similar To

Arabic and Hindi Languages
Dutch Language

Derived From

Ghaznavid Persian Language
Dutch Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5232
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1015
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4017
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Latin

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

43
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

خوش آمديد
hallo

Thank You

آپ کا شکریہ
Dankie

How Are You?

آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Hoe gaan dit

Good Night

گڈ نائٹ
goeie nag

Good Evening

سلام علیکم
Goeienaand

Good Afternoon

گڈ آفٹر نون
Goeie middag

Good Morning

گڈ مارننگ
goeie more

Please

براہ مہربانی
asseblief

Sorry

معاف کرنا
jammer

Bye

الوداع
Totsiens

I Love You

مجھے تم سے محبت
Ek het jou lief

Excuse Me

معاف کیجئے گا
Verskoon my

Dialects

Dialect 1

Dakhini
Kaapse Afrikaans

Where They Speak

India
-

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.007,700,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hyderabadi Urdu
Oranjeriverafrikaans

Where They Speak

India
-

How Many People Speak

69,000,000.007,700,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rekhta
Baster Afrikaans

Where They Speak

South Asia
Namibia

How Many People Speak

69,000,000.007.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

33
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

104.00 million19.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.99 %0.03 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

61.00 million7.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

43.00 million10.30 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

اُردُو
Afrikaans

Alternative Names

Bihari
Cape Dutch

French Name

ourdou
afrikaans

German Name

Urdu
Afrikaans

Pronunciation

[ˈʊrd̪u]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]

Ethnicity

Urdu-speaking people
Afrikaners

History

Origin

12th Century CE
17th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Germanic

Branch

Indic
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch

Standard Forms

Modern Standard Urdu
Standard Afrikaans

Language Position

2023
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Urdu
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ur
af

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

urd
afr

ISO 639 2/B

urd
afr

ISO 639 3

urd
afr

ISO 639 6

urd
afrs

Glottocode

urdu1245
afri1274

Linguasphere

59-AAF-q
52-ACB-ba

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Analytic

Urdu and Afrikaans Alphabets

Urdu and Afrikaans Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Urdu and Afrikaans. In Urdu Alphabets there are 52 letters while in Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Urdu and Afrikaans languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Urdu and Afrikaans languages. The Urdu phonology consist Urdu vowels and Urdu consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Urdu greetings vs Afrikaans greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Urdu and Afrikaans are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Urdu and Afrikaans Speaking population

Urdu and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. 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 Urdu and Afrikaans on Urdu vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Afrikaans Language Codes

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