Urdu

Urdu

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69M speakers · Indo-European Indo-Iranian · Arabic
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PakistanIndiaBangladeshAfghanistan

Written in the arabic script, written right-to-left. Uses SOV word order with fusional morphology. Notable features include 2 grammatical genders, 3 noun cases, a politeness/honorific system, pronoun dropping.

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Official in 2 countries

PakistanIndia

50,747 km²

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Typology

Word order SOV
Adjective before noun
Numeral before noun
Adposition postposition
Def. article no
Indef. article no
Tonal no
Noun cases no

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