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Urdu and Sanskrit


Sanskrit and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Pakistan   
India   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Old German Language   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
16   
13

How Many Consonants
40   
29
36   
26

Scripts
Arabic   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
20 weeks   
5

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
शुभः सायंकालः   

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون   
शुभ दुपार   

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
कृपया (kripayā)   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Bye
الوداع   
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Not present   

Where They Speak
India   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Not present   

Where They Speak
India   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Not present   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
0   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
14.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
Not Available   

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
14.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
Not Available   

Native Name
اُردُو   
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
Not Available   

French Name
ourdou   
sanskrit   

German Name
Urdu   
Sanskrit   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
2000 B.C.   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Vedic Sanskrit   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
Sanskrit   

Language Position
20   
18
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
sa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
san   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
san   

ISO 639 3
urd   
san   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
sans1269   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Ancient   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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

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Urdu and Sanskrit Speaking population

Urdu and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available. 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 Sanskrit on Urdu vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Sanskrit Language Codes

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

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