Urdu language

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Urdu is a major South Asian language, written in a Perso-Arabic script and widely used in Pakistan and parts of India in literature, media, and everyday communication.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
standard language
closelyRelatedTo Hindi
developedFrom Khariboli dialect
developedIn Delhi region
directionOfWriting right-to-left
hasAlternativeName Lashkari Zaban
Modern Standard Urdu
linked to: Urdu language

Urdu-Hindi (as Hindustani)
linked to: Urdu language
hasFamousPoet Allama Muhammad Iqbal
Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Mir Taqi Mir
Mirza Ghalib
hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Arabic
English
Persian
linked to: Persian language

Sanskrit
Turkic languages
hasLiteraryTradition Urdu poetry
Urdu prose
hasNativeName اردو
linked to: Urdu language
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Arabic
Persian
linked to: Persian language

Turkic languages
hasStandardRegister Modern Standard Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
hasWritingSystemOrigin Arabic alphabet
Persian alphabet
linked to: Perso-Arabic script
historicalDevelopmentPeriod late 17th century
ISO639-1Code ur
ISO639-2Code urd
ISO639-3Code urd
languageBranch Indo-Aryan languages
languageFamily Indo-European languages
languageSubfamily Indo-Iranian languages
nationalLanguageOf Pakistan
officialLanguageOf Bihar
Delhi
linked to: New Delhi, India

Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Pakistan
Telangana
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal
primaryLanguageOf Muhajir community in Pakistan
many Muslims in North India
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
scriptStyle calligraphic Nastaʿlīq
standardFormOf Hindustani
linked to: Khari Boli
standardizedIn 19th century
usedIn Indian media
Pakistani media
education in Pakistan
religious discourse in South Asia
usesAdditionalLettersFrom Arabic
Indic phonetic extensions
Persian
linked to: Persian language
writingDirection horizontal
writingSystem Nastaʿlīq script
linked to: Nastaʿlīq

Perso-Arabic script
writingSystemType abjad

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India recognizedLanguage Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Arabic influencedLanguage Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Pakistan officialLanguage Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Pakistan nationalLanguage Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Indian English influencedBy Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Punjabi language closelyRelatedTo Urdu language
Persian language influencedLanguage Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Perso-Arabic script usedFor Urdu language
Sufism languageOfExpression Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
United Provinces majorLanguage Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Hindi closelyRelatedTo Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Malala Yousafzai languageSpoken Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Islamabad officialLanguage Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Parliament of Pakistan languageUsed Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Urdu hasStandardRegister Modern Standard Urdu
subject linked to: Urdu language
linked to: Urdu language
Urdu hasNativeName اردو
subject linked to: Urdu language
linked to: Urdu language
Urdu hasAlternativeName Modern Standard Urdu
subject linked to: Urdu language
linked to: Urdu language
Urdu hasAlternativeName Urdu-Hindi (as Hindustani)
subject linked to: Urdu language
linked to: Urdu language
Indo-Aryan languages includesLanguage Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Pashto language hasLoanwordsFrom Urdu language
Asian American languageUsed Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Indo-Caribbean people heritageLanguage Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Thuluth script languageUsedFor Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Senate of Pakistan hasOfficialLanguage Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Partition of India language Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Oudh language Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Karachi language Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Qaumi Taranah lyricsLanguage Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Northern India majorLanguage Urdu
subject linked to: northern India
linked to: Urdu language
Uttar Pradesh additionalOfficialLanguage Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Friends World Committee for Consultation hasOfficialLanguage Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Pakistan Civil Service languageOfWork Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Red Fort languageOfNativeName Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Hyderabad officialLanguage Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Google Translate availableLanguage Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Sindh officialLanguage Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Sindh regionalLanguage Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Balochi influencedBy Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Azad Jammu and Kashmir officialLanguage Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Islamic world hasLanguage Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Delhi English influencedBy Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Gilgit-Baltistan officialLanguage Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Manama languageCommonlySpoken Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Bhagat Singh languageOfWorkOrName Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Agra additionalOfficialLanguage Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Hyderabad State languageCommon Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Ghadar Party languageOfWorkOrName Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
All India Muslim League language Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
Begum Hazrat Mahal languageOfWorkOrName Urdu
linked to: Urdu language