Countries
Countries
India, Pakistan
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Pakistan
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Pakistan
India
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
India
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
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.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5251
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1011
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4040
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
42
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
خوش آمديد
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
براہ مہربانی
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
معاف کرنا
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
الوداع
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Dakhini
Chakma
Where They Speak
India
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Hajong
Where They Speak
India
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
NA71,000.00
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Rekhta
Rarhi
Where They Speak
South Asia
India
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
325
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million215.00 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
0.99 %3.11 %
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
61.00 million196.00 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
اُردُو
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Bihari
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
ourdou
bengali
German Name
Urdu
Bengali
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Not available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Bengalis (Bengali people)
History
Origin
12th Century CE
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
Bengali
Language Position
204
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ur
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
urd
ben
ISO 639 2/B
urd
ben
ISO 639 3
urd
ben
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
urdu1245
beng1280
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
59-AAF-u
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available