Hindustani language
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| Hindustani | |
|---|---|
| Hindi-Urdu हिन्दुस्तानी • ہندوستانی |
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| Native to | India, Pakistan. Various countries through immigration. |
| Native speakers | 240 million[1] (date missing) Second language: 165 million (1999)[2] Total: 490 million (2006)[3] |
| Language family |
Indo-European
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| Standard forms | |
| Dialects |
Khariboli (Dehlavi)
Kauravi
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| Writing system | Perso-Arabic (Urdu alphabet) Devanagari (Hindi and Urdu alphabets) Bharati Braille (Hindi and Urdu) Kaithi (historical) |
| Official status | |
| Official language in |  India (as Hindi and Urdu) Pakistan (as Urdu) |
| Regulated by | Central Hindi Directorate (Hindi, India),[4] National Language Authority, (Urdu, Pakistan); National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (Urdu, India)[5] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | hi, ur |
| ISO 639-2 | hin, urd |
| ISO 639-3 | Either: hin – Standard Hindi urd – Urdu |
| Linguasphere | 59-AAF-qa to -qf |
Hindustani is a language. It is made up of the common parts of Hindi and Urdu. Hindi and Urdu have very similar grammar. They also have many words in common.
References [change]
- ↑ Standard Hindi: 180 million India (1991). Urdu: 48 million India (1997), 11 million Pakistan (1993). Ethnologue 16.
- ↑ 120 million Standard Hindi (1999), 45 million Urdu (1999). Ethnologue 16.
- ↑ BBC: A Guide to Urdu
- ↑ The Central Hindi Directorate regulates the use of Devanagari script and Hindi spelling in India. Source: Central Hindi Directorate: Introduction
- ↑ National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language
