Urdu Language

Indo-Aryan language and Persianised register of Hindustani with 246 million speakers; Pakistan's national language, written in Nastaliq.

Specifications & Metrics

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Indo-European

Core Principles & Analysis

• Urdu is the 10th-most widely spoken language in the world, with 246 million total speakers.
• It is the national language of Pakistan and an official scheduled language in several Indian states.
• A Persianised register of Hindustani, it is written in the Nastaliq Perso-Arabic script and is mutually intelligible with Hindi in casual speech.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Urdu