Countries
India, Pakistan
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
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 in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Dakhini
Western Persian
Where They Speak
India
Iran, Iraq
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
India
Afganistan
Dialect 3
Rekhta
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
South Asia
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
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
Origin
12th Century CE
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
Persian
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
urdu1245
fars1254
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic
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.
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.