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Russian and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Pakistan  
Russia  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
India  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
10  
7

How Many Consonants
40  
29
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
الوداع  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
India  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
India  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
12
154,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Novgorod  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
154,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
20
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
اُردُو  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Russki  

French Name
ourdou  
russe  

German Name
Urdu  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people  
Russians  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Slavic  

Branch
Indic  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
20  
18
7  
7

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
rus  

ISO 639 3
urd  
rus  

ISO 639 6
urd  
rus  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Urdu and Russian Speaking population

Urdu and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Urdu vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Russian Language Codes

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

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