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Urdu vs Uzbek


Uzbek vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Turkey, Uzbekistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Pakistan  
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Middle East  

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.
  
  • Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
  • In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
9  
6

How Many Consonants
40  
29
24  
14

Scripts
Arabic  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
Salom  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
Rakhmat  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
Qalay siz?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
Hayirli tun  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
Hayirli kech  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
Hayirli kun  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
Hayirli tong  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
Iltimos  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
Kechiring!  

Bye
الوداع  
Xayr  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Sizni sevaman  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
Iltimos! Menga qarang  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Tashkent  

Where They Speak
India  
-  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
32,000,000.00  
23

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Afghan  

Where They Speak
India  
-  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
12
32,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Ferghana  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
-  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
32,000,000.00  
18

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.39 %  
36

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
26.00 million  
31

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
20
32.00 million  
25

Native Name
اُردُو  
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
ourdou  
ouszbek  

German Name
Urdu  
Usbekisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[oʻzbek]  

Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people  
Uzbek  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
9th–12th centuries AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Turkic  

Branch
Indic  
Southestern(Chagatai)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Chagatay  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Uzbek  

Language Position
20  
18
53  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Signed Uzbek  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
uz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
uzb  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
uzb  

ISO 639 3
urd  
uzb  

ISO 639 6
urd  
uzb  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
uzbe1247  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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Urdu and Uzbek Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Uzbek language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Uzbek language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE whereas history of Uzbek language states that this language originated in 9th–12th centuries 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 Uzbek Language History.

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Urdu and Uzbek 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 Uzbek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Uzbek language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Uzbek word for "Thank You" is Rakhmat. Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Uzbek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Urdu vs Uzbek Difficulty

The Urdu vs Uzbek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu Alphabets and Uzbek 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 Uzbek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Uzbek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Uzbek time required is 44 weeks.

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