They have different origin, first of all.
ARABIC
The Arabic language is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language
The Arabic alphabet is the script used for writing Arabic. The alphabet presents itself in different styles such as Nasta'līq, Thuluth, Kufic and others (see Arabic calligraphy).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_alphabet
FARSI
Persian is an Indo-European language; it is part of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian language family.
The vast majority of modern Persian text is written in a form of the Arabic alphabet. In recent years the Latin alphabet has been used by some for technological or internationalization reasons. Tajik, which is considered by many linguists to be a Persian dialect influenced by Russian, is written with the Cyrillic alphabet in Tajikistan.
Modern Persian is normally written using a modified variant of the Arabic alphabet with different pronunciation of the letters.
The Persian alphabet adds four letters to the Arabic alphabet, due to the fact that four sounds that exist in Persian do not exist in Arabic, as they come from separate language families. Some people call this modified alphabet the Perso-Arabic alphabet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language
URDU
Urdū is an Indo-European language of the Indo-Aryan family that developed under Persian, Turkish, Arabic, Hindi, and Sanskrit influence in South Asia during the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire (1200–1800).
Urdū is written in a derivative of the Persian alphabet (Nasta’liq), which is itself derivative of the Arabic alphabet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdu
2006-10-16 02:25:59
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answered by Anonymous
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The script is the same. The alphabet for Farsi and Urdu is the same, while Arabic is slightly different. Urdu was derived from Arabic, Farsi, Sanskrit and Turkish languages, and has words in common with all of these. Some English words have also become a part of it, such as telephone, glass, etc. Urdu is the national language of Pakistan. It is almost the same as Hindi, spoken in India. Farsi is the national language of Iran and is also understood in Afghanistan. The Darri language of Afghanistan is very much similar to it. Arabic, as you know, is spoken in Arab countries. I hope this information is sufficient. If you want more, I'll be glad to answer.
2006-10-16 06:59:11
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answered by yakkydoc 6
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The Farsi language is one dialect of a language more commonly known as the Persian language. The Persian language is most commonly found in spoken and written forms in areas such as Afghanistan, Iran, Tajiki, and other regions in this area. More than 110 million people speak Persian according to Wikipedia, but it is considered a secondary language in the world at present. We offer linguistic services for Farsi speakers and writers, but keep in mind that there are neighboring languages that have affected the language in both forms.
Urdu, very similar to Hindi, is one of the top 5 major world languages, behind only English, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese. There are more than 70 million native Urdu speakers in the world today, either as a primary or secondary language. It is native to India and parts of Pakistan, but there are also sizeable populations of Urdu speakers in the U.S., Bangladesh, Great Britain, and Saudi Arabia.
Arabic is the sacred language of all Muslims around the world and it is the script that has been used in the holy Koran as well. Arabic includes both the ancient script as well as the modern standard form of the language as it is spoken in the Arab World. In entire Middle East and North of Africa, Arabic is the lingua franca. Urdu is another language spoken by Muslims, mostly from South East Asia. There are some similarities in the spoken version of the language though there are glaring differences in their written versions reflecting their different origins and influences. This article attempts to take a closer look at some of these differences.
2014-07-14 18:55:09
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answered by jessica 2
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Farsi and Arabic are two distict languages, although Farsi has a large number of Arabic words , since the Islamization of Iran.
Urdu is an Indian subcontinetal language. ( note there is no language. by the name Pakistani). Urdu has the same grammar as Hindi , Its script is derived from Farsi. Colloquial Urdu and Colloquial Hindi are the same , called Hindustani . ( A good example of this is the language of the Hindi films.) Formal Urdu tends to use Farsi/ Arabic words, while formal Hindi leans on Sanskrit.
2006-10-16 00:25:46
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answered by Rajesh Kochhar 6
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They share the Arabic scripts but with a different meaning,just like English,French, and German. Urdu is spoken by the Pakistanis.
Farsi is spoken by the Iranians.
2006-10-16 01:31:35
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answered by massimo 6
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Urdu is spoken in Pakistan, Farsi in Iran and Arabic in the Arab countries, like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, etc.
They are totally different although they may have some words in common.
2006-10-16 01:36:11
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answered by Hi y´all ! 6
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Many European languages use the exact same alphabet (i.e., the Latin alphabet), and yet their languages are completely different. And such is also the case with Arabic, Urdu, and Farsi.
2006-10-16 00:21:23
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answered by Cyn 6
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i can answer about Arabic and Farris but not Urdu
Arabic and Farsi share the same letters
but there are some letters which are unique to Arabic and others unique to Farsi ,in general if you speak Arabic you can read the Farsi language without understanding what it means and vice verca....common words definitely especially between slung Arabic and Farsi(like kabab is the same in both languages)
hope i helped
2006-10-16 00:24:56
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answered by going-to-light 3
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it maybe written in the same script (the arabic script) but it contains different words and meanings, for e.g french, spanish and english are written in the english script, but they don't have the same meanings.
and mizzie, Pakistanis speak Urdu, there is no such language called Pakistani!
2006-10-16 00:19:51
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answered by nashpaty 3
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2016-06-03 23:29:15
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answered by Anonymous
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