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Although the majority of Urdu-speakers reside in Pakistan (including 30 million native speakers, [5] and up to 94 million second-language speakers), [10] where Urdu is the national and official language, most speakers who use Urdu as their native tongue live in northern India, where it is one of 22 official languages.
This is a list of languages by total number of speakers. It is difficult to define what constitutes a language as opposed to a dialect . For example, Chinese and Arabic are sometimes considered single languages, but each includes several mutually unintelligible varieties , and so they are sometimes considered language families instead.
The number of Urdu speakers in India fell 1.5% between 2001 and 2011 (then 5.08 million Urdu speakers), especially in the most Urdu-speaking states of Uttar Pradesh (c. 8% to 5%) and Bihar (c. 11.5% to 8.5%), even though the number of Muslims in these two states grew in the same period. [128]
The following table compares the estimates of Comrie (1998) and Weber (1997) [1] (number of native speakers in millions). Also given are the estimates of SIL Ethnologue (2005). Comparing estimates that do not date to the same year is problematic due to the 1.14% per year growth of world population (with significant regional differences).
Pages in category "Urdu-language newspapers published in the United States" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
An English-Urdu bilingual sign at the archaeological site of Sirkap, near Taxila. The Urdu says: (right to left) دو سروں والے عقاب کی شبيہ والا مندر, dō sarōñ wālé u'qāb kī shabīh wāla mandir. "The temple with the image of the eagle with two heads." Most languages of Pakistan are written in the Perso-Arabic ...
Number of speakers includes all Choctaw dialects. Choctaw language (Oklahoma) [1] 9,600 native speakers (2015) Vulnerable Number of speakers includes all Choctaw dialects. Cocopa language (Arizona) [1] 370 in USA (2015), 145 in Mexico Severely endangered Coeur d'Alene language [1] 4 (2007) Critically endangered Comanche language [1] 100 (2007)
Upload file; Search. Search. Appearance. Donate; ... Download as PDF; Printable version; ... India in 1837 AD was the first Urdu language daily newspaper. [1]