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Urdu

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Countries

Countries

India, Pakistan
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone

Total No. Of Countries

24
0 46
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National Language

Pakistan
Bangladesh, India

Second Language

Pakistan
India

Speaking Continents

Asia, Oceania
Asia

Minority Language

India
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi

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.
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.

Similar To

Arabic and Hindi Languages
Assamese and Oriya

Derived From

Ghaznavid Persian Language
Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5251
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1011
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4040
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

42
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

خوش آمديد
হ্যালো (Hyālō)

Thank You

آپ کا شکریہ
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)

How Are You?

آپ کیسے ہیں؟
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)

Good Night

گڈ نائٹ
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)

Good Evening

سلام علیکم
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)

Good Afternoon

گڈ آفٹر نون
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)

Good Morning

گڈ مارننگ
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)

Please

براہ مہربانی
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)

Sorry

معاف کرنا
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)

Bye

الوداع
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)

I Love You

مجھے تم سے محبت
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)

Excuse Me

معاف کیجئے گا
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Dakhini
Chakma

Where They Speak

India
Bangladesh, Burma, India

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hyderabadi Urdu
Hajong

Where They Speak

India
Bangladesh, India

How Many People Speak

69,000,000.0071,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rekhta
Rarhi

Where They Speak

South Asia
India

How Many People Speak

69,000,000.00230,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

325
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

104.00 million215.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.99 %3.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

61.00 million196.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

43.00 million19.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

اُردُو
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)

Alternative Names

Bihari
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa

French Name

ourdou
bengali

German Name

Urdu
Bengali

Pronunciation

[ˈʊrd̪u]
[ˈbeŋɡali]

Ethnicity

Urdu-speaking people
Bengalis (Bengali people)

History

Origin

12th Century CE
1000–1200 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian

Branch

Indic
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali

Standard Forms

Modern Standard Urdu
Bengali

Language Position

204
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Urdu
Signed Bengali

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ur
bn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

urd
ben

ISO 639 2/B

urd
ben

ISO 639 3

urd
ben

ISO 639 6

urd
ben

Glottocode

urdu1245
beng1280

Linguasphere

59-AAF-q
59-AAF-u

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
-

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
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Urdu and Bengali Alphabets

Urdu and Bengali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Urdu and Bengali. In Urdu Alphabets there are 52 letters while in Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters. To learn Urdu and Bengali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Urdu and Bengali 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 Bengali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Urdu and Bengali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Urdu and Bengali Speaking population

Urdu and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Bengali on Urdu vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Bengali Language Codes

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