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Urdu vs Sundanese


Sundanese vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
West Java  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Pakistan  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia  

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.
  
  • The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Madurese and Malay Languages  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
40  
29
16  
6

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin, Sundanese  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
40 weeks  
15

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
Halo  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
Nuhun  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
Kumaha kabarna?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
Wilujeng kulem  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
Wilujeng wengi  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
Wilujeng siang  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
Wilujeng énjing  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
Mangga  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
Hapunten  

Bye
الوداع  
Wilujeng angkat  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
Punten  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Western dialect  

Where They Speak
India  
Banten  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
40,000,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Northern dialect  

Where They Speak
India  
Bogor  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
12
40,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Priangan dialect  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Bandung  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
40,000,000.00  
15

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
20
39.00 million  
22

Native Name
اُردُو  
Basa Sunda  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Priangan, Sunda  

French Name
ourdou  
soundanais  

German Name
Urdu  
Sundanesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[sʊnˈdæniːs]  

Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people  
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
5th century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indonesian  

Branch
Indic  
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Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Sundanese  

Language Position
20  
18
42  
39

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Sundanese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
su  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
sun  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
sun  

ISO 639 3
urd  
sun  

ISO 639 6
urd  
sun  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
sund1251  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
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Urdu and Sundanese Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Sundanese language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Sundanese language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE whereas history of Sundanese language states that this language originated in 5th century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Urdu and Sundanese Language History.

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Urdu and Sundanese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Urdu and Sundanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Sundanese language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Sundanese word for "Thank You" is Nuhun. Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Sundanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Urdu vs Sundanese Difficulty

The Urdu vs Sundanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu Alphabets and Sundanese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Urdu and Sundanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Sundanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Sundanese time required is 40 weeks.

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