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Detailed comparison of Arabic and Urdu World Languages. Side by side look at similarities and differences for things like writing system, script(s) used, total number of speakers, noun declensions, no. of countries spoken in and more. Combined they accoun

There are 15 differences and 2 similarities between Arabic, Urdu

Language Family and Writing System
Writing System		Arabic	vs	Nasta'liq (arabic)
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Script(s) Used		(al Arabiya)	vs	(urd )
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Family		Afro-asiatic	vs	Indo-european
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Subgroup		Semitic	vs	Indo-aryan
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3 Letter Code		Ara	vs	Urd
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Number of Speakers
Number of Native speakers (millions)		215 million	vs	58 million
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Native Speakers as % of World		4.7 %	vs	1.3 %
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Total Number of Speakers (millions)		452 million	vs	65 million
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Total Speakers as % of World		5.9 %	vs	0.9 %
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Language Systems
Noun declensions		Three Cases	vs	Two Cases
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Sequence		Vso	vs	Sov
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Tonal		No	vs	No
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Agglutinative language		No	vs	No
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Geographic Distribution
Official language in		Algeria Bahrain Chad Comoros Djibouti Egypt Eritrea India Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman Pakistan Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia Sudan Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates Western Sahara Yemen	vs	Algeria Bahrain Chad Comoros Djibouti Egypt Eritrea India Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman Pakistan Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia Sudan Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates Western Sahara Yemen
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Official Language of United Nations		Yes	vs	No
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Countries Spoken In		Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Western Sahara, Yemen, Niger, Mali, Senegal	vs	Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Mauritius, South Africa, Thailand
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No. of Countries Spoken In		30	vs	6
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