Urdu is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in South Asia, the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan and an official Eighth Schedule language in India, with additional official status in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and the two Telugu states.
Facts
ISO 639-3 Code Speaker CountEthnologue total figure, 2011-2023. RegionSouth Asia (Pakistan as lingua franca; Hindi-Urdu Belt and Deccan in India; Terai in Nepal; Old Dhaka in Bangladesh) 1 Classification
Official Status Connections
In Family
Source Wikipedia: Urdu
Written In
Urdu is written in a Nastaliq-style Perso-Arabic script.
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Pakistan, located there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Urdu
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Urdu ... is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in South Asia. It is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan.
Infobox, ISO 639-3
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Infobox, Speakers (Total)
246 million (2011-2023)
Infobox, Region
South Asia (Pakistan as lingua franca; Hindi-Urdu Belt and Deccan in India; Terai in Nepal; Old Dhaka in Bangladesh)
Official status, Urdu entity page
Urdu is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in South Asia, the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan and an official Eighth Schedule language in India, with additional official status in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and the two Telugu states.
In Family: Indo-European, Infobox, Language family
Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indo-Aryan > Central Zone > Western Hindi > Hindustani > Urdu
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