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Urdu and Korean


Korean and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
Pakistan   
North Korea, South Korea   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
The National Institute of the Korean Language   

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.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Chinese and Japanese languages   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
21   
18

How Many Consonants
40   
29
19   
9

Scripts
Arabic   
Hangul   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون   
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
하십시오 (hasibsio)   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   

Bye
الوداع   
안녕 (annyeong)   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
India   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
India   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
China, North Korea   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
Not Available   

Native Name
اُردُو   
한국어 (조선말)   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   

French Name
ourdou   
coréen   

German Name
Urdu   
Koreanisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Koreans   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
Before 1st century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Koreanic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   

Language Position
20   
18
12   
11

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
ko   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
kor   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
kor   

ISO 639 3
urd   
Kor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
kore1280   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
45-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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

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Urdu and Korean Speaking population

Urdu and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. 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 Korean on Urdu vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Korean Language Codes

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

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