Urdu
ur · اردو
Urdu (ur) is written in the Arabic script, right to left and has an estimated 313.1M speakers. It is an official language in Pakistan. CLDR has 3 locales for it.
Native nameاردو
ScriptArabicArab
Speakers313.1Mestimated
Countries5
Locales3
Plural forms2one, other
Overview
- Code
- ur
- Native name
- اردو
- Script
- Arabic Arab
- Likely region
- 🇵🇰 Pakistan
- Direction
- Right to left
- Plural categories
- one
- other
- Ordinal categories
- other
Where it is spoken
| Country | Status | Share of population |
|---|---|---|
| 🇵🇰 Pakistan | Official | 95% |
| 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 5.2% | |
| 🇮🇳 India | Official (regional) | 5% |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 3.5% | |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | 1.1% |
Plural categories
| Category | Examples |
|---|---|
| one | 1 |
| other | 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, … |