Hindi vs. Urdu

Hindinoun

The name given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani language which is chiefly spoken by native Hindus. In employs the Devanagari character, in which Sanskrit is written.

Hindinoun

the most widely spoken of modern Indic vernaculars; spoken mostly in the north of India; along with English it is the official language of India; usually written in Devanagari script

Hindiadjective

of or relating to or supporting Hinduism;

Hindinoun

an Indic language of northern India, derived from Sanskrit and written in the Devanagari script. It is the fourth most widely spoken language in the world, with more than 250 million people speaking it as their first language.

Hindiadjective

relating to Hindi.

Hindi

Hindi (Devanagari: हिन्दी, IAST/ISO 15919: Hindī), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: मानक हिन्दी, IAST/ISO 15919: Mānak Hindī), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in India. Hindi has been described as a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language, which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas of Northern India.

Urdunoun

The language more generally called Hindustanee.

Urdunoun

the official literary language of Pakistan, closely related to Hindi; widely used in India (mostly by Moslems); written in Arabic script

Urduadjective

relating to the Urdu language;

Urdu

Urdu (; Urdu: اُردُو‎, ALA-LC: Urdū) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the official national language and lingua franca of Pakistan.