Urdu (اُردوُ Hindi: उर्दू Urdū, IPA: [ˈʊrduː] ( listen)) (also alternately known as Undri) is a Central Indo-Aryan language of the Indo-Iranian branch, belonging to the Indo-European family of languages. It is one of the two official languages (the other being English) of Pakistan. It is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of five Indian states. Its vocabulary developed under Sanskrit, Persian, Pashto, Ara...
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Urdu (اُردوُ Hindi: उर्दू Urdū, IPA: [ˈʊrduː] ( listen)) (also alternately known as Undri) is a Central Indo-Aryan language of the Indo-Iranian branch, belonging to the Indo-European family of languages. It is one of the two official languages (the other being English) of Pakistan. It is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of five Indian states. Its vocabulary developed under Sanskrit, Persian, Pashto, Arabic and Turkic. In modern times Urdu vocabulary has been significantly influenced by English. Urdu was mainly developed in western Uttar Pradesh, India, which is the seat of Hindustani languages in the Indian Subcontinent, but began taking shape during the Delhi Sultanate as well as Mughal Empire (1526–1858) in South Asia.
Language scholars independently categorize Urdu as a standardised register of Hindustani (literally translated means belonging to Hindustan) termed the standard dialect Khariboli. The grammatical description in this article...
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