| − | A language spoken in [[Pakistan]] and northern [[India]]. Urdu and [[Hindi]] are mutually intelligible and many linguists consider them to be dialects of the same language, rather than two separate languages. However, most speakers of these languages disagree, pointing out that they are separated by a political barrier. In addition, Hindi is written with a syllabic alphabet descended from [[Sanskrit]], while Urdu is written in a modified form of the Arabic script.
| + | '''Urdu''' is a language spoken in [[Pakistan]] and northern [[India]]. |
| | + | Urdu and [[Hindi]] are mutually intelligible and many linguists consider them to be dialects of the same language, rather than two separate languages. In addition, Hindi is written with a syllabic alphabet descended from [[Sanskrit]], while Urdu is written in a modified form of the Arabic script. |