Hindustani language
Spoken language
Hindustani is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in Deccan, Northern India and Pakistan, and used as a lingua franca in both countries. Hindustani is a pluricentric language with two standard registers, known as Hindi and Urdu. Thus, it is also called... Wikipedia
Language families: Indo-European languages, Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Iranian languages, and more
Dialects: Deccani; Hyderabadi; Dhakaiya; Rekhta; Kauravi; Bambaiya; Bihari Hindi; Andaman; Haflong; Judeo-Urdu
Early forms: Shauraseni Prakrit: Apabhraṃśa > Old Hindi
Native speakers: L1 speakers: c. 250 million (2011 & 2017 censuses); L2 speakers: ~500 million (1999–2016)
Pronunciation: ɦɪnd̪ʊst̪ɑːniː