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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.
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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 Cross-Tradition Connections
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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.
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246 million (2011-2023)
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South Asia (Pakistan as lingua franca; Hindi-Urdu Belt and Deccan in India; Terai in Nepal; Old Dhaka in Bangladesh)
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Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indo-Aryan > Central Zone > Western Hindi > Hindustani > Urdu
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