Countries
India, Pakistan
India
National Language
Pakistan
India
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
India
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
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.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Bengali Language
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
خوش آمديد
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
براہ مہربانی
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
معاف کرنا
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Dakhini
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
India
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Kharwa
Where They Speak
India
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Where They Speak
South Asia
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Native Name
اُردُو
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Bihari
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
ourdou
goudjrati
German Name
Urdu
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people
Gujaratis
Origin
12th Century CE
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
Modern Gujarati
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
Signed Gujarati
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
urdu1245
guja1252
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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All Urdu and Gujarati 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 Gujarati dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and Gujarati language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas Gujarati Dialects are spoken in different Gujarati speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs Gujarati Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi , Kharwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Urdu and Gujarati Speaking population
Urdu and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. 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 Gujarati on Urdu vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Urdu and Gujarati Language Codes
Urdu and Gujarati language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Gujarati Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.