Urdu
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* [[Bible translations into Hindi and Urdu]] | * [[Bible translations into Hindi and Urdu]] | ||
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* [[Urdu Portal]] | * [[Urdu Portal]] | ||
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Urdu is a standardised register of Hindustani. It is the national language and one of the two official languages of Pakistan (the other being English), and one of 22 scheduled languages of India, as an official language of five Indian states.
Urdu is historically associated with the Muslims of the region of Hindustan. Apart from specialized vocabulary, Urdu is mutually intelligible with Standard Hindi, which is associated with the Hindu community. The Urdu language received recognition and patronage under the British Raj when the British replaced the Persian and local official languages of North Indian Jammu and Kashmir state with the Urdu and English language in 1837.
