Countries
Countries
India, Pakistan
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Pakistan
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Africa
Minority Language
India
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
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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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5221
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
105
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4020
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
خوش آمديد
Salama!
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
Misaotra
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
Alina tsara
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
Maraina tsara
Please
براہ مہربانی
azafady
Sorry
معاف کرنا
Miala tsiny
Bye
الوداع
Veloma!
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
Azafady
Dialects
Dialect 1
Dakhini
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
India
Merina
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
India
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rekhta
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
South Asia
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How Many People Speak
69,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
32
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.99 %0.28 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
61.00 million18.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
اُردُو
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Bihari
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
ourdou
malgache
German Name
Urdu
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people
Malagasy people
History
Origin
12th Century CE
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Austronesian
Branch
Indic
Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
standard Malagasy
Language Position
2084
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
ur
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
urd
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
urd
mlg
ISO 639 3
urd
mlg
ISO 639 6
urd
mlg
Glottocode
urdu1245
mala1537
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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