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  2. Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Hindi is written from left to right in the Devanagari script, and is the official language of India, along with English. Urdu, on the other hand, is written from right to left in the Nastaliq script (a modified form of the Arabic script) and is the national language of Pakistan.

  3. The Urdu language is spoken predominantly in Pakistan and India. It is the official state language of Pakistan and is also officially recognized in the constitution of India. Significant Urdu communities exist in the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

  4. Where Is Urdu Spoken? - WorldAtlas

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    Urdu is a type of Hindustani language which evolved from medieval Apabhramsa of northwest India. Urdu was influenced by Arabic and Persian. It’s the world’s twenty-first most spoken first language with over 66 million speakers.

  5. A Guide to Urdu - 10 facts about the Urdu language - BBC

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    Urdu is a living language which, according to estimates, is spoken by close to 100 million people around the world. It is the official language of Pakistan , a status which it shares with...

  6. Urdu - New World Encyclopedia

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    In Pakistan, Urdu is spoken and understood by a majority of urban dwellers in such cities as Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Abbottabad, Faisalabad, Hyderabad, Multan, Peshawar, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Sukkur and Sargodha. Urdu is used as the official language in all provinces of Pakistan.

  7. Urdu is the official language of Pakistan and spoken by 71 million people in India. [21] Urdu's vocabulary borrows primarily from Chagatai, Sanskrit, Persian and Arabic. Hindi, also historically known as Hindui (हिंदुई), [22] is the most spoken language of India, which replaces much of Urdu's Farsi, Chagatai and Arabic terminology ...

  8. Urdu - Wikiwand / articles

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    Urdu is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan, where it is also an official language a...