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Urdu and Tagalog


Tagalog and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Pakistan  
Philippines  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Filipinos  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia, Australia  

Minority Language
India  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  

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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
40  
29
18  
8

Scripts
Arabic  
Baybayin  

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  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
Kamusta  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
Salamat po  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
Kamusta ka na?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
Magandang gabi  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
Magandang gabi po  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
Magandang hapon po  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
Magandang umaga po  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
pakiusap  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
الوداع  
Paálam  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Iniibig kita  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Batangas Tagalog  

Where They Speak
India  
Batangas, Gabon  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Bisalog  

Where They Speak
India  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
12
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Filipino  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
73.00 million  
24

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
20
45.00 million  
19

Native Name
اُردُو  
Tagalog  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Filipino, Pilipino  

French Name
ourdou  
tagalog  

German Name
Urdu  
Tagalog  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  

Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people  
Tagalog people  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
1593  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indonesian  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Filipino  

Language Position
20  
18
58  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Signed Tagalog  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
t1  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
tgl  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
tgl  

ISO 639 3
urd  
tg1  

ISO 639 6
urd  
tgl  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
taga1269  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
31-CKA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Urdu and Tagalog Speaking population

Urdu and Tagalog speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Tagalog languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Tagalog Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 %. 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 Tagalog on Urdu vs Tagalog where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Tagalog Language Codes

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

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