Urdu

Urdu
	ur‬
	Urdu in Perso-Arabic script; (Nastaʿlīq style)
Pronunciation	Hindustani: [ˈʊrd̪u]
Native tae	Pakistan, Indie, Bangladesh ("Bihari"), Nepal
Native speakers	66 million (2007); Tot (only Urdu): 104 million (2010) ; Tot (includin Hindi): 490 million (2010)
Leid faimily	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Central zone Wastren Hindi Hindustani Khariboli Urdu; ; ; ; ; ; ;
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)
Regulated by	Naitional Leid Authority (Pakistan);; Naitional Cooncil for Promotion; o Urdu Leid (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

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.

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↑ "Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition, Urdu". Ethnologue. Retrieved Mairch 5, 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 5 Mairch 2013.
↑ "A Guide to Urdu". BBC. Archived frae the oreeginal on 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Hindustani (2005). Keith Brown, ed. Encyclopedie o Leid an Linguistics (2 ed.). Elsevier. ISBN 0-08-044299-4.
↑ "National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language". Urducouncil.nic.in. Retrieved 2011-12-18.

[1] "Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Seventeenth edition, Urdu". Ethnologue. Retrieved Mairch 5, 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 5 Mairch 2013.

[4] "A Guide to Urdu". BBC. Archived frae the oreeginal on 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2012-01-31.

[ELL2-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Hindustani (2005). Keith Brown, ed. Encyclopedie o Leid an Linguistics (2 ed.). Elsevier. ISBN 0-08-044299-4.

[6] "National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language". Urducouncil.nic.in. Retrieved 2011-12-18.

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Urdu
ur‬
Urdu in Perso-Arabic script (Nastaʿlīq style)
Pronunciation	Hindustani: [ˈʊrd̪u]
Native tae	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 faimily	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Central zone Wastren Hindi Hindustani^[5] Khariboli^[5] Urdu
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)
Regulated 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