Urdu
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Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language identified with Muslims. 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. Based on the Hindi dialect of Delhi, its vocabulary developed under Persian, Arabic and Turkish influence over the course of almost 900 years. Urdu was mainly developed in Uttar Pradesh in the Indian Subcontinent, but began taking shape during the Delhi Sultanate as well as Mughal Empire (1526–1858) in South Asia. It is the means of communication between the people from various provinces and regions of Pakistan. Urdu is mutually intelligible with the younger register of Hindustani, which is called simply "Hindi". Total speakers: approx. 65 million. Wikipedia:Urdu
Spoken in Pakistan, India. Also in various countries due to immigration, Afghanistan, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burma, Canada, Fiji, Germany, Guyana, Holland, Malawi, Mauritius, Nepal, Norway, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Suriname, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia. Wikipedia:Urdu
