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 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

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Saharsa additionalOfficialLanguage Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Saharsa languageSpoken Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Chaibasa officialLanguage Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Kohistani Shina neighboringLanguage Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Kohistani Shina influencedBy Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Ayodhya district additionalOfficialLanguage Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Oak Tree Road commercial district languageCommonlyUsed Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Amarkot languageUsed Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Sultanpur district additionalOfficialLanguage Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Amethi district additionalOfficialLanguage Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Ambedkar Nagar district hasAdditionalOfficialLanguage Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Citizen Khan originalLanguage Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Ghazipur additionalOfficialLanguage Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Azamgarh district additionalOfficialLanguage Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Mahoba district additionalOfficialLanguage Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
West Champaran district additionalOfficialLanguage Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Srinagar Municipal Corporation hasOfficialLanguage Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Ali brothers languageOfPoliticalWork Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Khilafat movement language Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Western Pahari language hasSuperstrateInfluenceFrom Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Office Management Group languageOfWork Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Secretary Establishment languageOfWorkOrName Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Finance Division of Pakistan languageOfWork Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Jamil isUsedInLanguage Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
mall road languageUsed Urdu language
subject surface form: Mall Road, Murree
this entity surface form: Urdu
Murree District languageSpoken Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Patriata (New Murree) languageSpoken Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Ghora Gali hasLanguage Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Hindustani language hasPart Urdu language
Hindustani language alsoKnownAs Urdu language
this entity surface form: Hindustani Urdu
Hindustani language standardForm Urdu language
this entity surface form: Modern Standard Urdu
Wallajah dynasty languageOfCourt Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Jafarganj Cemetery hasLanguageContext Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
BPS-4 languageOfOfficialNotification Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
BPS-8 languageOfDesignation Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Aliabad officialLanguage Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Carnatic Nawabate language Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
ICE supportsLanguage Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Azim-ud-Daula languageOfCourt Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
BPS-11 languageOfOfficialNotification Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Pindi Point language Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Western Hindi hasStandardForm Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Western Hindi isMacrolanguageOf Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Jalaun district hasAdditionalOfficialLanguage Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Pakistan Administrative Service languageOfWork Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Pakistan Audit and Accounts Service language Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Pakistan Meteorological Department languageOfWorkOrName Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu
Cabinet Secretariat language Urdu language
subject surface form: Cabinet Secretariat (Pakistan)
this entity surface form: Urdu
FPSC languageOfWork Urdu language
this entity surface form: Urdu