Urdu

Urdu
اُردُو
Urdu in Perso-Arabic script (Nastaliq style)
Pronunciation	[ˈʊrd̪u]
Native to	North India
Native speakers	65 million (80% in India) (2007) Second language: 94 million in Pakistan (1999).
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Central Zone (Hindi) Western Hindi Khariboli Hindustani Urdu
Writing system	Extended Perso-Arabic (Urdu alphabet) Indian Urdu Braille (Bharati) Pakistani Urdu Braille
Signed forms	Indian Signing System (ISS) Signed Urdu
Official status
Official language in	Pakistan India The state of Jammu and Kashmir; it is also an "additional official language" in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Jharkhand, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal
Regulated by	National Language Authority National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language
Language codes
ISO 639-1	ur
ISO 639-2
ISO 639-3
Glottolog	urdu1245
Linguasphere	59-AAF-q (with Hindi, including 58 varieties: 59-AAF-qaa to 59-AAF-qil)
Areas where Urdu is either official or co-official   Areas where Urdu is neither official nor co-official
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Urdu (/ˈʊərduː/; Urdu: اُردُو‎ ALA-LC: Urdū; IPA: [ˈʊrd̪uː], or Modern Standard Urdu) is a standardised register of the Hindustani language. It is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan, and an official language of six states of India. It is also one of the 22 official languages recognized in the Constitution of India. Hyderabad, Rampur, Bhopal and Lucknow are noted Urdu-speaking cities of India.