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
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 in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
I love you
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Dakhini
American English
Where They Speak
India
United States of America
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
India
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Rekhta
Welsh English
Where They Speak
South Asia
United Kingdom
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
Origin
12th Century CE
5th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
Standard English
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
urdu1245
stan1293
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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.