Hindustani language facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Hindustani
Hindi-Urdu ہندوستانی   •   हिन्दुस्तानी
The word Hindustani in Devanagari, Nastaliq and Kaithi scripts
Native to	Pakistan, India. Various based on religion.
Native speakers	240 million  (date missing) Second language: 165 million (1999) Total: 490 million (2006)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Central Zone Western Hindi Hindustani
Standard forms	Standard Hindi Standard Urdu
Dialects	Khariboli (Dehlavi) Kauravi Dakhini?
Writing system	Perso-Arabic (Urdu alphabet) Devanagari (Hindi and Urdu alphabets) Bharati Braille (Hindi and Urdu) Kaithi (historical)
Official status
Official language in	Pakistan (as Urdu)  India (as Hindi and Urdu)
Regulated by	Central Hindi Directorate (Hindi, India), National Language Authority, (Urdu, Pakistan); National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (Urdu, India)
Linguasphere	59-AAF-qa to -qf

Hindustani is a language. It is made up of the common parts of Hindi and Urdu. Hindi and Urdu have similar grammar, but somewhat different vocabulary and different scripts. it was identified with Urdu, in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, and then it makes another form of Hindustani, named Hindi for Hindus.

Images for kids

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  The phrase Zabān-e Urdu-ye Mualla in Nastaʿlīq

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  Lashkari Zabān title in the Perso-Arabic script

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  Hindustani, in its standardised registers, is one of the official languages of both India (Hindi) and Pakistan (Urdu).

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  "Surahi" in Samrup Rachna calligraphy

See also

In Spanish: Idioma indostánico para niños