Countries
India, Pakistan
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Pakistan
Germany
Second Language
Pakistan
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Europe
Minority Language
India
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Council for German Orthography
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.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
Danke
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
gute Nacht
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
guten Tag
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
guten Morgen
Please
براہ مہربانی
bitte
Sorry
معاف کرنا
Verzeihung
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Dakhini
Swiss German
Where They Speak
India
Switzerland
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Swabian German
Where They Speak
India
Germany
Dialect 3
Rekhta
Texas German
Where They Speak
South Asia
Texas
Native Name
اُردُو
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Bihari
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
ourdou
allemand
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people
Germans
Origin
12th Century CE
6th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
urdu1245
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
All Urdu and German 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 German dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Urdu and German Speaking population
Urdu and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and German languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Urdu vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Urdu and German Language Codes
Urdu and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.