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Urdu and Japanese


Japanese and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Pakistan  
Japan  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
India  
Palau  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
40  
29
14  
4

Scripts
Arabic  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
الوداع  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
India  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
India  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
12
127,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
127,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
20
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
اُردُو  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Nihongo  

French Name
ourdou  
japonais  

German Name
Urdu  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Japanese  

Language Position
20  
18
8  
8

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
urd  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
urd  
jpn  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Urdu and Japanese Speaking population

Urdu and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Urdu vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Japanese Language Codes

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

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