Urdu

• Alternate names: Bihari Also: in Bangladesh -- Urdu; in India -- Islami, Undri, Urudu
• Scriptures published: Bible (1843--1998) New Testament (1758--2000) Portions (1747--1894)
• Literacy: No information available.
• Primary country: Pakistan
• Region: Widespread
• Also used in: Bahrain, Bangladesh, Botswana, Canada, Denmark, Fiji, Germany, India, Malawi, Mauritius, Nepal, Norway, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia
• Religion: Muslim
• Status: Statutory language of provincial identity in India; Statutory provincial language in India; Statutory provincial working language in India; Statutory national language in Pakistan
• Number of users: 63,431,800 (10,700,000 in Pakistan (1993); 250,000 in Bangladesh (2003 SIL); 51,500,000 in India (2001))

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Faith Comes by Hearing:
• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in Urdu
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in Urdu on the web
• Joshua Project: Urdu — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for Urdu — detailed linguistic information.