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Urdu
اردو
URDUARAB.PNG
Urdu in Perso-Arabic script
(Nastaʿlīq style)
Pronunciation Hindustani: [ˈʊrd̪u]
Spoken natively in Pakistan, Indie, Bangladesh ("Bihari"), Nepal[1]
Native speakers 66 million  (2007)[2]
Tot (only Urdu): 104 million (2010)[3]
Tot (includin Hindi): 490 million (2010)[4]
Leid faimlie
Writin seestem Arabic (Urdu alphabet [Nastaʿlīq])
Devanagari
Urdu Braille
Offeecial status
Offeecial leid in Banner o Pakistan Pakistan
Banner o Indie Indie (states o Jammu an Kashmir,
Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi)
Regulatit by Naitional Leid Authority (Pakistan);
Naitional Cooncil for Promotion
o Urdu Leid
[6] (Indie)
Leid codes
ISO 639-1 ur
ISO 639-2 urd
ISO 639-3 urd
Linguasphere 59-AAF-q (wi Hindi,
includin 58 varieties:
59-AAF-qaa tae 59-AAF-qil)
Urdu official-language areas.png

██ Auries where Urdu is offeecial or cooffeecial

██ (Ither) auries where Hindi is offeecial

Urdu /ˈʊərd/ (Urdu: اُردُو, Urdū, pronounced [ʊrˈd̪u] ( listen)) is the heidmaist leid that is spak in Pakistan. It is in mony weys seemilar tae Hindi whan spak (the twa is mutually intelligable) it haes a deeferent alphabet that's taen frae Arabic. There's 60-80 million native speakers, an 160 million tot.

References [edit]

  1. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition, Urdu. Ethnologue. Retrieved on 5 Mairch 2013. .
  2. Nationalencyklopedin "Världens 100 största språk 2007" The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007
  3. Katsiavriades, Qureshi, Kryss, Talaat. The 30 Most Spoken Languages of the World. Retrieved on 5 Mairch 2013. .
  4. A Guide to Urdu. BBC. Retrieved on 31 Januar 2012. .
  5. 5.0 5.1 Hindustani (2005). Keith Brown: Encyclopedie o Leid an Linguistics, 2, Elsevier. ISBN 0-08-044299-4.
  6. National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language. Urducouncil.nic.in. Retrieved on 18 Dizember 2011. .
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