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Countries

Countries

India, Pakistan

Total No. Of Countries

2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
0 46
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National Language

Pakistan

Second Language

Pakistan

Speaking Continents

Asia, Oceania

Minority Language

India

Regulated By

National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan

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.

Similar To

Arabic and Hindi Languages

Derived From

Ghaznavid Persian Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

52
Rank: 31 (Overall)
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

10
Rank: 7 (Overall)
0 32
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How Many Consonants

40
Rank: 29 (Overall)
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

4
Rank: 3 (Overall)
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

خوش آمديد

Thank You

آپ کا شکریہ

How Are You?

آپ کیسے ہیں؟

Good Night

گڈ نائٹ

Good Evening

سلام علیکم

Good Afternoon

گڈ آفٹر نون

Good Morning

گڈ مارننگ

Please

براہ مہربانی

Sorry

معاف کرنا

Bye

الوداع

I Love You

مجھے تم سے محبت

Excuse Me

معاف کیجئے گا

Dialects

Dialect 1

Dakhini

Where They Speak

India

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.00
Rank: 36 (Overall)
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hyderabadi Urdu

Where They Speak

India

How Many People Speak

69,000,000.00
Rank: 12 (Overall)
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Rekhta

Where They Speak

South Asia

How Many People Speak

69,000,000.00
Rank: 11 (Overall)
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

104.00 million
Rank: 15 (Overall)
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.99 %
Rank: 21 (Overall)
0 89
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Native Speakers

61.00 million
Rank: 19 (Overall)
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

43.00 million
Rank: 20 (Overall)
0.01 400
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Native Name

اُردُو

Alternative Names

Bihari

French Name

ourdou

German Name

Urdu

Pronunciation

[ˈʊrd̪u]

Ethnicity

Urdu-speaking people

History

Origin

12th Century CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian

Branch

Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Standard Urdu

Language Position

20
Rank: 18 (Overall)
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Urdu

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ur

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

urd

ISO 639 2/B

urd

ISO 639 3

urd

ISO 639 6

urd

Glottocode

urdu1245

Linguasphere

59-AAF-q

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional

Origin of Urdu language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Urdu language is one of the Most Spoken Languages. The origin of Urdu language states that it was put to use in 12th Century CE. The history of Urdu language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Urdu Language History. Urdu has no early forms. Modern Standard Urdu is the standard form of Urdu language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Urdu Language.

Urdu population

Urdu population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Urdu language. Urdu language is spoken by 104.00 million people in the world. Most of the Urdu population lies in the Urdu Speaking Countries. Urdu language is spoken as first language by 61.00 million people and as second language by about 43.00 million people. Get to know Urdu speaking population in detail.

Urdu writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Urdu writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Urdu language. Some languages share common writing systems. Arabic script is used by Urdu language. Learn more about . 

Information about Urdu language

Check out all the information about Urdu language here. You may find it interesting to learn Urdu Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Urdu Speaking Countries, Urdu speaking continents and Urdu Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Urdu countries knowing common Urdu Greetings will help you in communicating with Urdu people.