Urdu

Persian

Urdu and Persian

Urdu

Persian

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Countries

India, Pakistan

Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan

Total No. Of Countries

0 46

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National Language

Pakistan

Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

Second Language

Pakistan

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Speaking Continents

Asia, Oceania

Asia

Minority Language

India

Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Regulated By

National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan

Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan

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 Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.

Similar To

Arabic and Hindi Languages

Pashto and Balochi Languages

Derived From

Ghaznavid Persian Language

Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5232

18 247

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Phonology

How Many Vowels

106

0 32

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How Many Consonants

4023

9 60

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Scripts

Arabic

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

2 12

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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks

3 88

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Greetings

Hello

خوش آمديد

سلام

Thank You

آپ کا شکریہ

متشکرم

How Are You?

آپ کیسے ہیں؟

چطور هستید?

Good Night

گڈ نائٹ

شب بخیر

Good Evening

سلام علیکم

عصر بخیر

Good Afternoon

گڈ آفٹر نون

بعد از ظهر بخیر

Good Morning

گڈ مارننگ

صبح به خیر

Please

براہ مہربانی

لطفا

Sorry

معاف کرنا

متاسف

Bye

الوداع

خدا حافظ

I Love You

مجھے تم سے محبت

من شما را دوست دارم

Excuse Me

معاف کیجئے گا

ببخشيد!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Dakhini

Western Persian

Where They Speak

India

Iran, Iraq

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.0047,000,000.00

1.5 960000000

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Dialect 2

Hyderabadi Urdu

Dari Persian

Where They Speak

India

Afganistan

How Many People Speak

69,000,000.0012,500,000.00

700 274000000

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Dialect 3

Rekhta

Tajik Persian

Where They Speak

South Asia

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

How Many People Speak

69,000,000.007,900,000.00

2 230000000

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Total No. Of Dialects

312

0 188

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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

104.00 million65.00 million

0 1200

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Speaking Population

0.99 %0.99 %

0 89

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Native Speakers

61.00 million65.00 million

0 873

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Second Language Speakers

43.00 million110.00 million

0.01 400

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Native Name

اُردُو

فارسی

Alternative Names

Bihari

New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian

French Name

ourdou

persan

German Name

Urdu

Persisch

Pronunciation

[ˈʊrd̪u]

[fɒːɾˈsiː]

Ethnicity

Urdu-speaking people

Persian people

History

Origin

12th Century CE

1500 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian

Branch

Indic

Iranian

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms

Old Persian and Middle Persian

Standard Forms

Modern Standard Urdu

Persian

Language Position

2023

1 120

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Signed Forms

Signed Urdu

Persian Sign Language

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

urd

fas

ISO 639 2/B

urd

per

ISO 639 3

urd

pes

ISO 639 6

urd

pers

Glottocode

urdu1245

fars1254

Linguasphere

59-AAF-q

58-AAC-c

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional

Synthetic

Urdu and Persian Alphabets

Urdu and Persian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Urdu and Persian. In Urdu Alphabets there are 52 letters while in Persian Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Urdu and Persian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Urdu and Persian languages. The Urdu phonology consist Urdu vowels and Urdu consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Urdu greetings vs Persian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Urdu and Persian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

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Urdu and Persian Speaking population

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

Urdu and Persian Language Codes

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