Urdu
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| Urdu | |
|---|---|
| اردو | |
 Urdu in Perso-Arabic script (Nastaʿlīq style) |
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| 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 |  Pakistan 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) |
██ Auries where Urdu is offeecial or cooffeecial ██ (Ither) auries where Hindi is offeecial |
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Urdu /ˈʊərduː/ (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]
- ↑ Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition, Urdu. Ethnologue. Retrieved on 5 Mairch 2013. .
- ↑ Nationalencyklopedin "Världens 100 största språk 2007" The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007
- ↑ Katsiavriades, Qureshi, Kryss, Talaat. The 30 Most Spoken Languages of the World. Retrieved on 5 Mairch 2013. .
- ↑ A Guide to Urdu. BBC. Retrieved on 31 Januar 2012. .
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hindustani (2005). Keith Brown: Encyclopedie o Leid an Linguistics, 2, Elsevier. ISBN 0-08-044299-4.
- ↑ National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language. Urducouncil.nic.in. Retrieved on 18 Dizember 2011. .
