Description
Urdu O. V. Holy Bible
Black Hardcover with Red Edges
Urdu Bible اُردُو
Revised Version Text by the Indian Bible Society
Hardcover — 2014
Urdu (Persian) O. V.
OLD VERSION TEXT REVISED
PID : 8122102239
OOC : 700535065559
Publisher : The Bible Society of India
Language : Urdu
Urdu (/ˈʊərduː/; Urdu: اُردُو ALA-LC: Urdū [ˈʊrd̪uː] (
listen), or Modern Standard Urdu) is a Persianised and standardised register language of the Hindustani language. It is the official national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. In India, it is one of the 22 official languages recognized in the Constitution of India, having official status in the six states of Jammu and Kashmir, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal — as well as Delhi.
Apart from specialized vocabulary, Urdu is mutually intelligible with Standard Hindi, another recognized register of Hindustani. The Urdu variant of Hindustani received recognition and patronage under British rule when the British replaced the local official languages with English and Hindustani written in Nastaʿlīq script, as the official language in North and Northwestern India. Religious, social, and political factors pushed for a distinction between Urdu and Hindi in India, leading to the Hindi–Urdu controversy.
| Urdu | |
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| اُردُو | |
Urdu in Nastaʿlīq script
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| Pronunciation | [ˈʊrd̪u] ( listen) |
| Region | Pakistan, India[1] |
| Ethnicity | Hindustani people and Muhajirs |
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Native speakers
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65 million in India (2007)[2] Second language: 94 million in Pakistan (1999).[3] |
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| Official status | |
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Official language in
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Recognised minority
language in |
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| Regulated by | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | ur |
| ISO 639-2 | urd |
| ISO 639-3 | urd |
| Glottolog | urdu1245[9] |
| Linguasphere | 59-AAF-q |
Areas where Urdu is either official or co-official
Areas where Urdu is neither official nor co-official
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