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Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
33  
2

National Language
Pakistan  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Pakistan  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
India  
South Africa  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
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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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
40  
29
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
Hello  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
Thank you  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
How are you?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
Good Night  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
Good Morning  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
Please  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
Sorry  

Bye
الوداع  
Bye  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
I love you  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
American English  

Where They Speak
India  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
India  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
12
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
20
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
اُردُو  
English  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
English  

French Name
ourdou  
anglais  

German Name
Urdu  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people  
English people  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Standard English  

Language Position
20  
18
3  
3

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
eng  

ISO 639 3
urd  
eng  

ISO 639 6
urd  
engs  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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

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Urdu and English Speaking population

Urdu and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and English languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Urdu vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and English Language Codes

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

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