ISO 639-3 · urdurd
unclassified
Urdu
اردو
Urdu is a language, spoken in Pakistan, India, Fiji and United Kingdom and 3 more countries. Wikidata counts 68.6 m first-language speakers (2019) and 94 m who speak it as a second language. Wikidata describes it as “Indo-Aryan language spoken in South Asia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
urd- ISO 639-1
ur- Glottocode
urdu1245- Family
- unclassified
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- UNESCO
- Safe
- Centre point
- 25.00, 70.00
- Wikipedia
- 219 language editions
68.6 mfirst-language speakers
94 msecond-language speakers
7countries
1scripts
—levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Urdu · اردو |
|---|---|
| Also called | Urdu language, Oordoo, Hindustani |
| L1 speakers | 68,600,000 (2019) |
| L2 speakers | 94,022,900 (1999) |
| Written in | Urdu orthography |
| Official in | Pakistan |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Safe
Languages at this levelwhere it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Pakistan
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalhinHindiIndo-European · 615.3 m1 · NationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafefasFarsiIndo-European · 70 mSafepusPashtoIndo-European · 50 mSaferajRajasthaniIndo-European · 36 msndSindhiSindhi languages · 23.8 m2 · ProvincialpbuNorthern PashtoIndo-European · 20.9 m4 · EducationalskrSaraikiunclassified · 20 m4 · EducationalbgcHaryanviIndo-European · 14 m6a · Vigorous