Countries
India, Pakistan
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Pakistan
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5244
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1017
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4027
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
خوش آمديد
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
Hach ch'i
Please
براہ مہربانی
مهربانی کر
Sorry
معاف کرنا
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
الوداع
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Dakhini
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
India
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Poguli
Where They Speak
India
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.006,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rekhta
Rambani
Where They Speak
South Asia
India
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.005,600,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
104.00 million5.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.99 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
61.00 million5.42 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
43.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
اُردُو
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Bihari
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
ourdou
kashmiri
German Name
Urdu
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
12th Century CE
12th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
Kashmiri
Language Position
2023
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ur
ks
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
urd
kas
ISO 639 2/B
urd
kas
ISO 639 3
urd
kas
ISO 639 6
urd
kas
Glottocode
urdu1245
kash1277
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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