Alternate Names: Bihari
Dialects: Intelligible with Hindi, but formal vocabulary borrowed from Arabic and Persian. Dakhini dialect of Urdu , in India has fewer Persian and Arabic loans than Urdu. Rekhta is a form of Urdu used in poetry.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 10,000,000 in Pakistan (1998 census). Population total all countries: 63,948,800. L2 users: 94,000,000 in Pakistan (1999).
Language Use: All domains. All ages.
Language Development: Taught in primary and secondary schools. Fully developed. Bible: 1843–1998.
Spoken In: Pakistan
Writing System: Arabic (Nastaliq), Braille
Nation of Origin: Pakistan
Other Comments: Muslim (Sunni).