Hindustani |
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Native to | Pakistan, India. Various based on religion. |
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Native speakers | (240 million cited 1991–1997) Second language: 165 million (1999) Total: 490 million (2006) |
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Dialects | Kauravi |
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Writing system | Perso-Arabic (Urdu alphabet) Devanagari (Hindi and Urdu alphabets) Bharati Braille (Hindi and Urdu) Kaithi (historical) |
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Official language in | Pakistan (as Urdu) India (as Hindi and Urdu) |
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Regulated by | Central Hindi Directorate (Hindi, India), National Language Authority, (Urdu, Pakistan); National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (Urdu, India) |
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ISO 639-1 | hi, ur |
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ISO 639-2 | hin, urd |
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ISO 639-3 | Either: hin – Standard Hindi urd – Urdu |
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Linguasphere | 59-AAF-qa to -qf |
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