Hindustani language
Indo-Aryan language spoken in South Asia, comprising the two normative forms of Hindi and Urdu
(Redirected from Hindi-Urdu)
Hindustani is an Indo-Aryan language that originated in Northern India. It is the Lingua franca of South Asia and South Asian diaspora. It is written in Devanagari and Nastaliq. The Devanagari variety is commonly called Hindi or Hindui. The Nastaliq variety is commonly called Urdu or Lashkari.[6][7]
| Hindustani | |
|---|---|
| Hindi | |
| हिन्दुस्तानी ہندوستانی | |
 The word "Hindustani" written in Devanagari script | |
| Native to | India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh |
Native speakers | (240 million[1] cited 1991–1997) Second language: 165 million (1999)[2] Total: 490 million (2006)[3] |
Early form | |
Standard forms | |
| Perso-Arabic (Urdu alphabet) Devanagari (Hindi and Urdu alphabets) Bharati Braille (Hindi and Urdu) Kaithi (historical) | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Pakistan (as Urdu) India (as Hindi and 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 Hindiurd – Urdu |
| Linguasphere | 59-AAF-qa to -qf |
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". Archived from the original on 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
- ↑ The Central Hindi Directorate regulates the use of Devanagari script and Hindi spelling in India. Source: Central Hindi Directorate: Introduction Archived 2010-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language
- ↑ Although Urdu in form of Zuban-I Urdu-yi Mu'lla was already in use during the reign of Emperor Shajahan and referred to as Lashkari Zaban, Muhammed Shah made it popular among his people, declaring it to be his Court Language. In his respect, Lashkari or Urdu replaced Farsi or Persian, which was being used and understood by fewer and fewer individuals. Dhir, K. S. (2022). The Wonder that is Urdu: A Multidisciplinary Analysis. India: Motilal Banarsidass
- ↑ "Excerpt: How Urdu began". Dawn News. 29 November 2008.
Other websites
change- History of Hindustani JustPedia
