Countries
India, Pakistan
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Pakistan
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Pakistan
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
India
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
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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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Hindi Language
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5253
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
109
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4041
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
خوش آمديد
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
براہ مہربانی
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
معاف کرنا
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
الوداع
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Dakhini
Pothohari
Where They Speak
India
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Saraiki
Where They Speak
India
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rekhta
Doabi
Where They Speak
South Asia
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
330
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
104.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.99 %1.44 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
61.00 million100.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
43.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
اُردُو
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Bihari
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
ourdou
pendjabi
German Name
Urdu
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people
Punjabis
Origin
12th Century CE
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
2023
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
ur
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
urd
pan
ISO 639 2/B
urd
pan
ISO 639 3
urd
pan
ISO 639 6
urd
panj
Glottocode
urdu1245
panj1256
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional