Countries
India, Pakistan
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Pakistan
India
Second Language
Pakistan
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
India
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Konkani Language
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5252
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1016
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4036
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
خوش آمديد
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
براہ مہربانی
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
معاف کرنا
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
الوداع
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Dakhini
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
India
Kokan
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Varhadi
Where They Speak
India
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rekhta
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
South Asia
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
342
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million71.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.99 %1.10 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
61.00 million68.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
43.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
اُردُو
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Bihari
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
ourdou
marathe
German Name
Urdu
Marathi
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people
Marathi people
Origin
12th Century CE
10th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
Marathi
Language Position
2017
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ur
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
urd
mar
ISO 639 2/B
urd
mar
ISO 639 3
urd
mar
ISO 639 6
urd
mar
Glottocode
urdu1245
mara1378
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
omr
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
-