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Urdu Language



Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan

Total No. Of Countries
2 13

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
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Alphabets
52 31

Phonology

How Many Vowels
10 7

How Many Consonants
40 29

Scripts
Arabic

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
4 3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 17

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 36

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu

Where They Speak
India

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00 12

Dialect 3
Rekhta

Where They Speak
South Asia

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00 11

Total No. Of Dialects
3 3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million 15

Speaking Population
0.99 % 21

Native Speakers
61.00 million 19

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million 20

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 18

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu

Scope
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1
ur

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T
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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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