Urdu (/ˈʊərduː/; اردو, [ʊɾˈduː] ; ALA-LC: Urdū) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the national language and lingua franca of...

influenced by Sanskrit) and Urdu (written in Perso-Arabic script and influenced by Persian and Arabic). Thus, it is also called Hindi–Urdu. Colloquial registers...

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Native speakers of Urdu are spread across South Asia. The vast majority of them are Muslims of the Hindi–Urdu Belt of northern India, followed by the Deccani...

Urdu poetry (Urdu: اُردُو شاعرى Urdū šāʿirī) is a tradition of poetry and has many different forms. Today, it is an important part of the culture of India...

Urdu text. Without proper rendering support, you may see unjoined letters running left to right or other symbols instead of Urdu script. Roman Urdu is...

The Urdu movement was a socio-political movement aimed at making the Urdu standard of the Hindostani language as the universal lingua-franca and symbol...

The Hindi–Urdu controversy arose in 19th century colonial India out of the debate over whether Modern Standard Hindi or Standard Urdu should be chosen...

Urdu literature (Urdu: ادبیاتِ اُردُو, “Adbiyāt-i Urdū”) comprises the literary works, written in the Urdu language. While, It tends to be dominated by...

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