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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Generate an image of Urdu language (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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Statements (65)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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