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.

Aliases (8)

Urdu ×321
Modern Standard Urdu ×4
Dakhini Urdu ×2
Dakhni Urdu ×1
Hyderabadi Urdu ×1
Pakistan’s national language is Urdu, not Khetrani ×1
Urdu-Hindi (as Hindustani) ×1
اردو ×1

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 → Urdu-Hindi (as Hindustani) →
hasFamousPoet	Allama Muhammad Iqbal → Faiz Ahmed Faiz → Mir Taqi Mir → Mirza Ghalib →
hasLexicalBorrowingFrom	Arabic → English → Persian → Sanskrit → Turkic languages →
hasLiteraryTradition	Urdu poetry → Urdu prose →
hasNativeName	اردو →
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom	Arabic → Persian → Turkic languages →
hasStandardRegister	Modern Standard Urdu →
hasWritingSystemOrigin	Arabic alphabet → Persian alphabet →
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 → 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 →
standardizedIn	19th century →
usedIn	Indian media → Pakistani media → education in Pakistan → religious discourse in South Asia →
usesAdditionalLettersFrom	Arabic → Indic phonetic extensions → Persian →
writingDirection	horizontal →
writingSystem	Nastaʿlīq script → Perso-Arabic script →
writingSystemType	abjad →

Referenced by (279)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Abbottabad ("Urdu") → Akbar II ("Urdu") → All India Muslim League ("Urdu") → Asaf Jahi dynasty ("Dakhini Urdu") → Chagai District ("Urdu") → Constitution of Pakistan (1973) ("Urdu") → Defence Day of Pakistan ("Urdu") → Delhi Durbar of 1911 ("Urdu") → Gwalior State ("Urdu") → Interim Constitution of Azad Jammu and Kashmir ("Urdu") → Karachi ("Urdu") → Lahore ("Urdu") → Lucknow ("Urdu") → Maulana Abul Kalam Azad ("Urdu") → Murshidabad ("Urdu") → Muzaffarabad ("Urdu") → Nizam ("Urdu") → Nowshera ("Urdu") → Omni Television ("Urdu") → Oudh ("Urdu") → Partition of India ("Urdu") → Qutb Shahi dynasty ("Dakhni Urdu") → Rohilkhand ("Urdu") → Sayyids ("Urdu") → Shaheed-e-Azam ("Urdu") → Supreme Court of Pakistan ("Urdu") → Syriana ("Urdu") → Telangana (parts) ("Urdu") →	language
Aga Khan IV ("Urdu") → Ashraf Mahal ("Urdu") → Astore Valley ("Urdu") → Azimullah Khan ("Urdu") → Bannu ("Urdu") → Benazir Bhutto ("Urdu") → Dina Wadia ("Urdu") → Haripur ("Urdu") → Hazara ("Urdu") → Hina Jilani ("Urdu") → Hyderabad, Sindh ("Urdu") → Juan Cole ("Urdu") → Kaghan Valley ("Urdu") → Korangi District ("Urdu") → Loralai ("Urdu") → Malala Yousafzai ("Urdu") → Mirpur Khas ("Urdu") → Murree ("Urdu") → Naran ("Urdu") → Nawabshah ("Urdu") → Nizamuddin area ("Urdu") → Pishin ("Urdu") → Quetta ("Urdu") → Rattanbai Jinnah ("Urdu") → Rawalpindi ("Urdu") → Telangana ("Urdu") → Umarkot ("Urdu") → Ziauddin Yousafzai ("Urdu") →	languageSpoken
Aiwan-e-Sadr ("Urdu") → Akhnur ("Urdu") → Asian American ("Urdu") → Bengal Presidency ("Urdu") → Cabinet of Pakistan ("Urdu") → Chagai District ("Urdu") → Dera Ismail Khan ("Urdu") → Hazara Division ("Urdu") → Karachi Central District ("Urdu") → Karachi District ("Urdu") → Karachi South District ("Urdu") → Karachi West District ("Urdu") → Kohat Division ("Urdu") → Malir District ("Urdu") → Mansehra ("Urdu") → Mardan Division ("Urdu") → Multan ("Urdu") → Nasirabad ("Urdu") → National Assembly of Pakistan ("Urdu") → Pakistani New Zealander ("Urdu") → Parliament of Pakistan ("Urdu") → Prime Minister’s Secretariat ("Urdu") → Rabwah ("Urdu") → Sibi ("Urdu") → Sikandra ("Urdu") → Wajid Ali Shah ("Urdu") → Zhob ("Urdu") →	languageUsed
Arrah ("Urdu") → Azad Jammu and Kashmir ("Urdu") → Dera Ismail Khan ("Urdu") → Economic Cooperation Organization ("Urdu") → Gilgit ("Urdu") → Gilgit-Baltistan ("Urdu") → Government of Gilgit-Baltistan ("Urdu") → Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ("Urdu") → Gujranwala ("Urdu") → Hyderabad ("Urdu") → Islamabad ("Urdu") → Jhang ("Urdu") → Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ("Urdu") → Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ("Urdu") → Larkana ("Urdu") → Pakistan ("Urdu") → President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir ("Urdu") → Provincial Assembly of Sindh ("Urdu") → Sindh ("Urdu") → Srinagar ("Urdu") →	officialLanguage
Agra ("Urdu") → Aligarh ("Urdu") → Ayodhya ("Urdu") → Bareilly ("Urdu") → Bihar ("Urdu") → Dehradun ("Urdu") → Gorakhpur ("Urdu") → Jhansi ("Urdu") → Jharkhand ("Urdu") → Kanpur ("Urdu") → Lucknow ("Urdu") → Meerut ("Urdu") → Patna ("Urdu") → Uttar Pradesh ("Urdu") →	additionalOfficialLanguage
Allama Muhammad Iqbal ("Urdu") → Begum Hazrat Mahal ("Urdu") → Bhagat Singh ("Urdu") → Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi ("Urdu") → Ghadar Party ("Urdu") → Hafeez Jalandhari ("Urdu") → Karachi Metropolitan Corporation ("Urdu") → Kumail Nanjiani ("Urdu") → Mir Taqi Mir ("Urdu") → Mirza Ghalib ("Urdu") → Pakistan Stock Exchange ("Urdu") → Voice of America ("Urdu") → Zafar ("Urdu") →	languageOfWorkOrName
Dalbandin ("Urdu") → Faizabad ("Urdu") → Islamic world ("Urdu") → Kohat ("Urdu") → Legislative Council of the United Provinces ("Urdu") → SEATO ("Urdu") → Southern Punjab, Pakistan ("Urdu") → Suhrawardiyya ("Urdu") → Swabi ("Urdu") → Swat Valley ("Urdu") →	hasLanguage
Balochi ("Urdu") → Balti ("Urdu") → Delhi English ("Urdu") → Fiji Hindi ("Urdu") → Indian English ("Urdu") → Khowar ("Urdu") → Majhi dialect ("Urdu") → Multani → Shina ("Urdu") →	influencedBy
Civil Services Academy Lahore ("Urdu") → Gomal University ("Urdu") → Osmania University ("Urdu") → University of Karachi ("Urdu") → University of Peshawar ("Urdu") → University of Sindh ("Urdu") →	languageOfInstruction
Aurangabad ("Urdu") → Indians ("Urdu") → Mardan ("Urdu") → Northern India ("Urdu") → South India ("Urdu") → United Provinces ("Urdu") →	majorLanguage
Cabinet Secretariat of Pakistan ("Urdu") → Establishment Division of Pakistan ("Urdu") → Federal Public Service Commission ("Urdu") → Pakistan Civil Service ("Urdu") → Sachal Sarmast ("Urdu") →	languageOfWork
Ballia district ("Urdu") → Ghaziabad ("Urdu") → Government of Uttar Pradesh ("Urdu") → Sitamarhi district ("Urdu") →	hasAdditionalOfficialLanguage
Andaman district ("Urdu") → Eastern India ("Urdu") → Friends World Committee for Consultation ("Urdu") → Senate of Pakistan ("Urdu") →	hasOfficialLanguage
Raichur ("Urdu") → Srinagar ("Urdu") → Sukkur ("Urdu") →	commonlySpokenLanguage
Balti ("Urdu") → Burushaski ("Urdu") → Pashto language →	hasLoanwordsFrom
Indo-Aryan languages ("Urdu") → Indo-European language family → Indo-Iranian languages ("Urdu") →	includesLanguage
Faiz Ahmed Faiz ("Urdu") → Islamic philosophy ("Urdu") → Sufism ("Urdu") →	languageOfExpression
Aiwan-e-Sadr ("Urdu") → Independence Day of Pakistan ("Urdu") → Quaid-e-Azam Day ("Urdu") →	languageOfName
Eastern Arabic numerals ("Urdu") → Mirza ("Urdu") → Mustafa ("Urdu") →	usedInLanguage
Hindi ("Urdu") → Punjabi language →	closelyRelatedTo
Urdu ("Modern Standard Urdu") → Urdu ("Urdu-Hindi (as Hindustani)") →	hasAlternativeName
Indo-Caribbean people ("Urdu") → Indo-Mauritians ("Urdu") →	heritageLanguage
Arabic ("Urdu") → Persian language ("Urdu") →	influencedLanguage
Government of Pakistan ("Urdu") → Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation ("Urdu") →	languageOfAdministration
Muhajir people ("Hyderabadi Urdu") → Muhajir people ("Dakhini Urdu") →	languageVariety
Peshawar ("Urdu") → Peshawar Division ("Urdu") →	languageWidelySpoken
Inter-Services Intelligence ("Urdu") → Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly ("Urdu") →	nativeNameLanguage
Mahbubnagar ("Urdu") → Nanded ("Urdu") →	otherSpokenLanguage
Gwadar ("Urdu") → Muhajir people ("Urdu") →	primaryLanguage
Arabic alphabet → Perso-Arabic script →	usedFor
Nastaʿlīq → Taliq script →	usedForLanguage
Islamic music ("Urdu") → Kathak ("Urdu") →	usesLanguage
Lashkari Zaban ("Urdu") →	alternativeNameOf
Shauraseni Prakrit ("Urdu") →	ancestorOf
Google Translate ("Urdu") →	availableLanguage
Brahui people →	bilingualismCommonWith
Khetrani ("Urdu") →	codeSwitchingWith
Sind Province (Pakistan) ("Urdu") →	commonLanguage
Khetrani ("Pakistan’s national language is Urdu, not Khetrani") →	countryOfficialLanguageContext
Lasi ("Urdu") →	hasInfluenceFrom
Gilgit River ("Urdu") →	hasLanguageInRegion
Ahmadiyya ("Urdu") →	hasLanguageOfDiscourse
Magahi ("Urdu") →	hasLexicalInfluenceFrom
Khan →	hasLinguisticOrigin
Shikarpur District ("Urdu") →	hasMajorLanguage
Sindh Madrasa-tul-Islam ("Urdu") →	hasMottoLanguage
Urdu ("اردو") →	hasNativeName
Pakistani diaspora ("Urdu") →	hasPrimaryLanguage
Tamil Nadu ("Urdu") →	hasRegionalLanguage
Urdu ("Modern Standard Urdu") →	hasStandardRegister
Baburnama ("Urdu") →	hasTranslation
Provinces of Pakistan ("Urdu") →	haveOfficialLanguage
Bengali Muslims ("Urdu") →	historicalLanguageOfReligion
Muhajir people →	identityBasis
Khari Boli ("Modern Standard Urdu") →	influenced
Moradabad ("Urdu") →	languageAdditionalOfficial
Bannu Division ("Urdu") →	languageAlsoSpoken
Hyderabad State ("Urdu") →	languageCommon
Manama ("Urdu") →	languageCommonlySpoken
pir ("Urdu") →	languageContext
Shahjahanabad ("Urdu") →	languageHistoricallyUsed
Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India ("Urdu") →	languageListed
Iqbal Day ("Urdu") →	languageOfCeremonies
Nizamuddin Dargah ("Urdu") →	languageOfDevotionalMusic
Red Fort ("Urdu") →	languageOfNativeName
Margalla Hills ("Urdu") →	languageOfRegion
Anglo-Sikh Wars ("Urdu") →	languageOfSources
Hispar Glacier ("Urdu") →	languageOfToponym
Doab ("Urdu") →	languageRegion
Khetrani ("Urdu") →	languageShiftTowards
Asser Malik ("Urdu") →	languagesSpoken
Lata Mangeshkar ("Urdu") →	languagesSungIn
Thuluth script ("Urdu") →	languageUsedFor
Sarnami Hindustani ("Urdu") →	lexicalInfluenceFrom
Kashmiris ("Urdu") →	literaryLanguage
Skardu ("Urdu") →	localLanguagesSpoken
Qaumi Taranah ("Urdu") →	lyricsLanguage
Nanga Parbat ("Urdu") →	nameLanguage
Pakistan ("Urdu") →	nationalLanguage
Burushaski ("Urdu") →	neighboringLanguage
Governor-General of Pakistan ("Urdu") →	officialLanguageOfOffice
Aiwan-e-Sadr ("Urdu") →	officialLanguageOfSignage
Language Movement in East Bengal ("Urdu") →	opposedLanguagePolicyFor
India ("Urdu") →	recognizedLanguage
Lashkari Zaban →	refersTo
Sindh ("Urdu") →	regionalLanguage
Emblem of Pakistan ("Urdu") →	scrollInscriptionLanguage
Mingora ("Urdu") →	significantLanguage
Khari Boli ("Modern Standard Urdu") →	standardizedInto
Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge ("Urdu") →	teachesLanguage
My Name Is Red ("Urdu") →	translatedInto
Nawabs of Awadh ("Urdu") →	usedLanguage
Mirza Ghalib ("Urdu") →	wroteIn