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Urdu اردو (sometimes formally called Zabān-e-Urdū-e-Mo‘allah زبانِ اردوِ معلیٰ), is the official language of Pakistan and one of the official languages of India.
Urdu shares its grammar from Hindi, but the vocabulary is mainly Persian, Arabic, and Turkish. It is written in a Perso-Arabic abjad writing system, and in particular in the flowery script known as Nast'alīq (نستعليق).
Dakini is a dialect of Urdu with less Arabic and Persian loanwords and is spoken in the Muslim enclaves of the Deccan (India).
Urdu emerged during Muslim rule in Central and Southern Asia where Persian was the official language. The word Urdu is itself derived from the Turkish word ordu, ultimately derived from the Mongolian word "horde." In addition to vocabulary, Urdu also adopted the Persian use of the enclitic ezāfe and most poets used takhallus (noms de plume). Urdu is renowned for its poetic tradition dating back to Mughal times when, as mentioned, Persian was the court language; thus the reason why Persian vocabulary and elements are so notable. A mixture of Urdu and Hindi, called Hindustani, is the form heard in most Bollywood films, that try to appeal to the widest audience possible.
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