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Countries

Countries

India, Pakistan
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Total No. Of Countries

223
0 46
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National Language

Pakistan
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Second Language

Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Oceania
Africa, Asia

Minority Language

India
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council

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.
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.

Similar To

Arabic and Hindi Languages
Amharic and Hebrew

Derived From

Ghaznavid Persian Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5228
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

108
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4028
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Arabic

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

44
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

خوش آمديد
مرحبا

Thank You

آپ کا شکریہ
شكرا

How Are You?

آپ کیسے ہیں؟
كيف حالك؟

Good Night

گڈ نائٹ
تصبح على خير

Good Evening

سلام علیکم
مساء الخير

Good Afternoon

گڈ آفٹر نون
مساء الخير

Good Morning

گڈ مارننگ
صباح الخير

Please

براہ مہربانی
من فضلك

Sorry

معاف کرنا
آسف

Bye

الوداع
وداعا

I Love You

مجھے تم سے محبت
أحبك

Excuse Me

معاف کیجئے گا
اعذرني

Dialects

Dialect 1

Dakhini
Maghrebi

Where They Speak

India
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.00310,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hyderabadi Urdu
Sudanese

Where They Speak

India
Sudan

How Many People Speak

69,000,000.0017,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rekhta
Levantine

Where They Speak

South Asia
Cyprus, Levant

How Many People Speak

69,000,000.0021,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

326
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

104.00 million452.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.99 %4.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

61.00 million206.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

43.00 million246.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

اُردُو
(al arabiya) العربية

Alternative Names

Bihari
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic

French Name

ourdou
arabe

German Name

Urdu
Arabisch

Pronunciation

[ˈʊrd̪u]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/

Ethnicity

Urdu-speaking people
Arabs

History

Origin

12th Century CE
512 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Semitic

Branch

Indic
North Arabic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Standard Urdu
Modern Standard Arabic

Language Position

2025
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Urdu
Signed Arabic

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

ur
ar

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

urd
ara

ISO 639 2/B

urd
ara

ISO 639 3

urd
ara

ISO 639 6

urd
ara

Glottocode

urdu1245
arab1395

Linguasphere

59-AAF-q
12-AAC

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic

Urdu and Arabic Alphabets

Urdu and Arabic Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Urdu and Arabic. In Urdu Alphabets there are 52 letters while in Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Urdu and Arabic languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Urdu and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Urdu and Arabic are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Urdu and Arabic Speaking population

Urdu and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Urdu vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Arabic Language Codes

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