Hindustani (हिन्दुस्तानी, ہندوستانی, Hindustānī, IPA: [hɪn̪d̪ʊst̪aːniː], literally: 'of Hindustan') or Hindi-Urdu is an Indo-Aryan language that spans several closely related dialects in Pakistan and northern India. Although Hindustani is based largely on the Khariboli dialect, it also includes several nonstandard dialects of the Hindi languages. The language incorporates a large vocabulary taken from several source languages of South, Central an...
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Hindustani (हिन्दुस्तानी, ہندوستانی, Hindustānī, IPA: [hɪn̪d̪ʊst̪aːniː], literally: 'of Hindustan') or Hindi-Urdu is an Indo-Aryan language that spans several closely related dialects in Pakistan and northern India. Although Hindustani is based largely on the Khariboli dialect, it also includes several nonstandard dialects of the Hindi languages. The language incorporates a large vocabulary taken from several source languages of South, Central and Western Asia, such as Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic and Turkic. A close parallel has been observed with the English language, which has developed an extensive vocabulary by similarly drawing upon Germanic, Latin and Celtic sources.
"Hindustani is the basis" of the two national languages, Standard Hindi and Urdu. In other words, Standard Hindi and Urdu are standardized registers of Hindustani/Khariboli. They are nearly identical in grammar and share a basic common vocabulary but differ in literary conventions and specialised vocabulary with Urdu...
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