Hindustani (Hindustani: हिन्दुस्तानी ہندوستانی) historically also known as Hindavi Dehlvi Urdu and Rekhta is the lingua franca of North India and most of Pakistan. It is an Indo-Aryan language deriving primarily from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and incorporates a large amount of vocabulary from Persian Arabic Sanskrit and Chagatai.
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ISO 639-1 code
hi ur
ISO 639-2 code
hin urd
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Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Aryan languages, Hindi languages
language regulator or academy
Central Hindi Directorate, National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, National Language Authority
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