Urdu language

E6054
Indo-Aryan language standard 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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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Urdu 1,616
Urdu language canonical 24
Modern Standard Urdu 5

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
standard language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Hindi ⓘ
developedFrom Khariboli dialect ⓘ
developedIn National Capital Territory of Delhi ⓘ
surface form: Delhi region
directionOfWriting right-to-left ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Lashkari Zaban ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Modern Standard Urdu

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

Sanskrit ⓘ
Turkic languages ⓘ
hasLiteraryTradition Urdu poetry ⓘ
Urdu prose ⓘ
hasNativeName Urdu language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: اردو
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Arabic ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian

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

Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
Jharkhand ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Telangana ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
West Bengal ⓘ
primaryLanguageOf Muhajir community in Pakistan ⓘ
many Muslims in North India ⓘ
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
United Arab Emirates ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
scriptStyle calligraphic Nastaʿlīq ⓘ
standardFormOf Khari Boli ⓘ
surface form: Hindustani
standardizedIn 19th century ⓘ
usedIn Indian media ⓘ
Pakistani media ⓘ
education in Pakistan ⓘ
religious discourse in South Asia ⓘ
usesAdditionalLettersFrom Arabic ⓘ
Indic phonetic extensions ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian
writingDirection horizontal ⓘ
writingSystem Nastaʿlīq ⓘ
surface form: Nastaʿlīq script

Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
writingSystemType abjad ⓘ

Referenced by (1,666)

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

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