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Oct 8, 2010 · Urdu is virtually non-existent in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka; it is spoken by only a small minority in Bengal; and it is not the favored language in Maharashtra, Assam, Goa, or even in East Punjab, to name some major areas of modern India.
- Waqas Khwaja
Following is a list of States and Union Territories of India by speakers of Urdu census data with estimated 2001 speakers. [4]
Administrative DivisionsUrdu Speakers(total)Urdu Speakers(male)Urdu Speakers(female)38,272,08020,947,59619,324,48417,757,5488,891,0118,566,5376,895,5013,247,5473,247,954Telangana & Andhra Pradesh5,539,9103,430,7192,109,191The term "Urdu-speakers" does not encompass culturally non-native speakers who may use Urdu as a first or second language, which would additionally account for a much larger number of total speakers in South Asia.
Jan 21, 2023 · In India, Urdu holds a prestigious position as one of 22 official languages recognized in the constitution. However, its unique Perso-Arabic script remains threatened by frequent calls for its...
May 27, 2020 · Some Indo-European languages include Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi, Urdu, Gujarati, Pahari, and English, in the long list of many others. Next, follow the Dravidian languages, which are spoken...
- Apeksha Srivastava
Urdu has been the national language of Pakistan since 1947; however, most Urdu native speakers live in India. Urdu is written in Nastaliq, a Persian variant of the Arabic script. Urdu is often referred to as the language of South Asian Muslims, but that is only partially true.
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Jul 4, 2018 · Urdu speakers are spread across India but the language’s strongest presence is in the modern-day Hindi belt: the two largest Urdu-speaking states are Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
