Countries
India, Pakistan
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
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National Language
Pakistan
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
India
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5240
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1021
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4019
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Hangul
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
خوش آمديد
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
براہ مہربانی
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
معاف کرنا
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
الوداع
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Dakhini
Jeju
Where They Speak
India
South Korea
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
India
South Korea
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rekhta
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
South Asia
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
312
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.99 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
61.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million77.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
اُردُو
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Bihari
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
ourdou
coréen
German Name
Urdu
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people
Koreans
Origin
12th Century CE
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
2012
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ur
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
urd
kor
ISO 639 2/B
urd
kor
ISO 639 3
urd
Kor
ISO 639 6
urd
kor
Glottocode
urdu1245
kore1280
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative