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Urdu and Indonesian


Indonesian and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Pakistan  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Pakistan  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Malay language  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
40  
29
19  
9

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
Halo  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
maaf  

Bye
الوداع  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
India  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
India  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
12
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
20
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
اُردُو  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
ourdou  
indonésien  

German Name
Urdu  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
7th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indonesian  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Indonesian  

Language Position
20  
18
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
ind  

ISO 639 3
urd  
ind  

ISO 639 6
urd  
ind  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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

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Urdu and Indonesian Speaking population

Urdu and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Urdu vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Indonesian Language Codes

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

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