The 10 most spoken languages in the world

[adelphi]

Any language can. In fact Urdu is less flexible. Turkish, Malay, Indonesian adapt far more and even use Roman characters. Malay leaflet below.

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I disagree based on the fact that 90% of Urdu vocabulary is foreign i.e Persian, Arabic, Turkish and others. Infact the very reason of urdu becoming popular in subcontinent was it's easy adaptability of foreign words. It's one of the youngest languages of subcontinent.
Having little to No knowledge of Malay or Indonesian I can't comment on it, however let's not confuse letters with words.

 

[Salahuddin Ayyubi]

You're uneducated and misinformed dear brother. Salah Al A-din ayyubi wasn't Arab, he was Kurdish. Maybe you should read a book or something before making a comment. Salah ad-Din is a laqab, not a name. It means The Righteousness of the Faith. The man who held this title, his real name was Yusuf ibn Ayyub.

Naming yourself after an Arab ruler doesn't help your case.

 

[vi-va]

Urdu and Hindi are different languages with totally different histories also.

Urdu is a natural language and the proper form of Hindustani, while Hindi is a bastardized version stripped of all its Arabic, Farsi, Turkish words, which have been replaced by unnatural dead sanskrit words,

Which one is more elegant? From a none native speaker perceptive like me, which one sounds more beautiful and why is that?

 

[Sheikh Rauf]

even indian dont speak proper hindi cant even pronounce so many words of hindi forget about Urdu is similar or not .. and where is Urdu in this survey urdu might have some commonalities with hindi but when this butcher of Gujrat sworn for the first time it was hindi and i can bet no one here on forum would understand what the hell he is saying.

Any reason? I am seriously asking.

Urdu suppose to bring army together of subcontinent muslims created this language with combination of so many languages and add their components it become very sophisticate language with high manners and polite with in its sentence. compare to other languages of subcontinent. 700 years atleast Urdu was official language of Sub continent. hindu extremist actually remove this language from india and insert hindi as official language since they cant implement easily thats why they have to also lie about urdu as muslim and hindi for hindu which created huge divide with in indian society. now urdu in india only with in few muslim families bollywood specialy songs they have to used urdu to make sentence beautiful.

 

[TheGreatMaratha]

Language is just a means of communication. As long as you understand what the other person says, the language has done its role. I speak Marathi and I feel it's a beautiful language. Just like that, any other person will also feel proud of his/her mother tongue.

 

[vi-va]

Language is just a means of communication. As long as you understand what the other person says, the language has done its role. I speak Marathi and I feel it's a beautiful language. Just like that, any other person will also feel proud of his/her mother tongue.

I disagree strongly. Not every language are equally beautiful and elegant. Some languages are able to describe your emotion, thoughts precisely, some don't.

Some languages has single root, can easily get the meaning if you learn the basic. Some languages are hybrid, has multiple roots, which you will be puzzled, the word building(morphology) is very important.

Some languages is stable throughout thousands of years, some don't.

Some languages have hundreds of thousands of poem, documentary, history books, arts, some don't.

Basically, some languages are low class, some are much more advanced.

Chinese has single root, stable, hundreds of thousands of poem, documentary, history books, arts. Many other languages don't have those features.

English is hybrid, not very good at all in this perspective.

There are hundreds of thousands of new words for medical science, physics, biology, and so on.

But Chinese don't create new words, it will use existing word and combine them together. Chinese is much advanced in this perspective.

The reading speed of Chinese is faster, content is more intensive. There are many other features of Chinese, I will stop here.

 

[Hamza913]

You're uneducated and misinformed dear brother. Salah Al A-din ayyubi wasn't Arab, he was Kurdish.

He spoke Arabic and had Arab ancestors. He was an Arab.

 

[Chhatrapati]

Which one is more elegant? From a none native speaker perceptive like me, which one sounds more beautiful and why is that?

Neither of it sounds any beautiful for a someone who don't speak it, like me, when I heard it first I found some words funny. Beauty must include a little bit of comprehensibility. When I hear Chinese the most things I hear is "Chi, shi, ching and it's variation", when you hear Urdu or Hindi song you will hear a lot of "Hai, sa, ee, kha (from epiglottis), ya and it's variations".

Also language giving emotions is a wild stretch I can say "son of a b***h" in a soft tone that may sound cute for a someone who don't speak English.
I love some Chinese songs, Spanish songs, Hindi or Urdu songs. But it's up to the one who listens them. In short, beauty is subjective and varies from person to person.

 

[fitpOsitive]

Urdu and Hindi are one language. The difference between Urdu and Hindi is same as Austrian German and Swiss German.

 

[ARMalik]

Why did they include Pakistan in Hindi??... We don't speak bloody Hindi..... They speak mighty Urdu in India disguised as "Hindi"!!!

Absolutely correct. Why do these douche bags try to mix Hindi and Urdu as one when it is clear that pure 'Hindi' is very different to 'Urdu'. I consider this as the false narrative these indian hindus are trying to spread everywhere these days.

 

[Chhatrapati]

even indian dont speak proper hindi

Neither Hindi nor Urdu is authentic distinctive language. They are both a mix of two or more languages. What's proper Urdu by the way? Take all the Prakrit/sanskrit sounding words out and you don't have Urdu.

Take the song Tajdar-e-Haram an urdu song I assume. Song starts with "Qismat mein meri Chain se Jeena Likh de" words like Mein, meri, sey, likh, jeena, de... all have prakrit/sanskrit origin.

 

[Sheikh Rauf]

Urdu and Hindi are one language. The difference between Urdu and Hindi is same as Austrian German and Swiss German.

no Urdu and hindi is not same language at all .. you cant write rabai ghazal stuff like that in hindi. hindi is only for communication but Urdu is language of feelings & emotions its beautiful and rich. FYI indian never say word urdu they dont accept urdu or Pakistan..
i would say hindi is slang of URDU.

Neither Hindi nor Urdu is authentic distinctive language. They are both a mix of two or more languages. What's proper Urdu by the way? Take all the Prakrit/sanskrit sounding words out and you don't have Urdu.

Take the song Tajdar-e-Haram an urdu song I assume. Song starts with "Qismat mein meri Chain se Jeena Likh de" words like Mein, meri, sey, likh, jeena, de... all have prakrit/sanskrit origin.

what ever the words come from urdu gramer from arabic alphabets from farsi some words from here and there makes this language polite unique and advance than you comparing the language mostly dont speak even in india.

 

[fitpOsitive]

. FYI indian never say word urdu they dont accept urdu or Pakistan..
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No that's not true.
Please visit the following link
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jashn-e-Rekhta

 

[Chhatrapati]

you comparing the language mostly dont speak even in india.

haha urdu is spoken by some 100 million people here. The language originated in Mughal era, in UP. From where it expanded.

Enjoy the song while you're at it.

 

[TheGreatMaratha]

no Urdu and hindi is not same language at all .. you cant write rabai ghazal stuff like that in hindi. hindi is only for communication but Urdu is language of feelings & emotions its beautiful and rich. FYI indian never say word urdu they dont accept urdu or Pakistan..
i would say hindi is slang of URDU.


what ever the words come from urdu gramer from arabic alphabets from farsi some words from here and there makes this language polite unique and advance than you comparing the language mostly dont speak even in india.

Hey you don't need to downgrade another language to make your language feel superior. Have you read Hindi poetry or Marathi poetry or Chinese poetry or the famous 'Meghdoot' Sanskrit poem by Kalidasa? All languages are great. Just to let you know that your perceptions are driven by your own experiences. You haven't experienced another person's emotions and based solely on your emotions you are coming to a conclusion.