What is Urdu?
{{Use Pakistani English}} {{Infobox language | name = Urdu | altname = '''Lashkari''' ('''لِشٍّکری''') | nativename = {{lang|ur|{{nq|اُرْدُو}}}} | pronunciation = {{IPA-hns|ˈʊrduː||hi-Urdu.ogg}} | states = [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] | region = [[South Asia]] | speakers = 68.62 million | date = 2021 | speakers2 = Total: 230 million (2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/guides/ethnologue200|title=What are the top 200 most spoken languages?|website=Ethnologue|date=3 October 2018|access-date=2021-02-26}}</ref> | familycolor = Indo-European | fam2 = [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]] | fam3 = [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] | fam4 = [[Sanskrit]] | fam5 = [[Prakrit]] | fam6 = [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]]<ref name=ELL2>{{ELL2|Hindustani}}</ref> | dia1 = [[Deccani Language|Deccani]] | dia2 = [[Dhakaiya Urdu|Dhakaiya]] | dia3 = [[Rekhta]] | ancestor = [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] | ancestor2 = [[Rekhta]] | script = * [[Perso-Arabic script|Perso-Arabic]] ([[Urdu alphabet]]) * [[Roman Urdu]] (unofficial) * [[Urdu Braille]] | nation = {{flag|Pakistan}}<br/>(national) {{IND}}<br/>(state-official) * [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] * [[National Capital Territory of Delhi]] * [[Bihar]] * [[Uttar Pradesh]] * [[Jharkhand]] * [[West Bengal]] * [[Telangana]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/urdu-is-telanganas-second-official-language-4940595/|title=Urdu is Telangana's second official language|date=16 November 2017|work=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=27 February 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/urdu-second-official-language-telangana-state-passes-bill-71742|title=Urdu is second official language in Telangana as state passes Bill|date=17 November 2017|work=The News Minute|access-da