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Urdu and Malaysian


Malaysian and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Pakistan  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Thailand  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
40  
29
24  
14

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
Hai  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
Selamat pagi  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
sila  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
maaf  

Bye
الوداع  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
India  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
India  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
12
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Musi  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
3,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
20
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
اُردُو  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Bahasa Malaysia  

French Name
ourdou  
malais  

German Name
Urdu  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people  
Malaysian people  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
20  
18
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
may  

ISO 639 3
urd  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
urd  
may  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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

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Urdu and Malaysian Speaking population

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

Urdu and Malaysian Language Codes

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

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