What is Hindustani language?
{{Infobox language | name = Hindustani | nativename = {{Nastaliq|ہندوستانی}} &nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&nbsp; हिन्दुस्तानी | altname = Hindi-Urdu | image = File:Hindustani in Devanagari, Nastaliq and Kaithi.png | imagesize = 150px | imagecaption = The word Hindustani in [[Devanagari]], [[Nastaliq]] and [[Kaithi]] scripts | states = [[Pakistan]], [[India]]. Various based on religion. | region = | speakers = 240 million<ref>Standard Hindi: 180 million India (1991). Urdu: 48 million India (1997), 11 million Pakistan (1993). ''Ethnologue'' 16.</ref> | date = 1991–1997 | speakers2 = Second language: 165 million (1999)<ref>120 million Standard Hindi (1999), 45 million Urdu (1999). ''Ethnologue'' 16.</ref><br>Total: 490 million (2006)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/guide/urdu/steps.shtml |title=BBC: A Guide to Urdu |access-date=2013-03-08 |archive-date=2012-05-25 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120525125610/www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/guide/urdu/steps.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> | familycolor = Indo-European | fam2 = [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]] | fam3 = [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] | fam4 = [[Hindi languages|Central Zone]] | fam5 = [[Western Hindi]] | stand1 = [[Standard Hindi]] | stand2 = [[Standard Urdu]] | dia1 = Old Hindi | dia2 = | dia3 = | script = [[Perso-Arabic script|Perso-Arabic]] ([[Urdu alphabet]])<br>[[Devanagari]] (Hindi and Urdu alphabets)<br>[[Bharati Braille]] (Hindi and Urdu)<br>[[Kaithi]] (historical) | nation = {{PAK}} (as [[Standard Urdu|Urdu]])<br>{{IND}} (as [[Standard Hindi|Hindi]] and [[Standard Urdu|Urdu]]) | agency = [[Central Hindi Directorate]] (Hindi, India),<ref>The Central Hindi Directorate regulates the use of [[Devanagari]] script and Hindi spelling in [[India]]. Source: [http://hindinideshalaya.nic.in/hindi/introduction.html Central Hindi Directorate: Introduction] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415010138/http://hindinideshalaya.nic.in/hindi/introduction.html |date=2010-04-15 }}</ref> <br>[[National Language Author