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  2. Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Urdu in its less formalised register is known as rekhta (ریختہ, rek̤h̤tah, 'rough mixture', Urdu pronunciation:); the more formal register is sometimes referred to as زبانِ اُردُوئے معلّٰى, zabān-i Urdū-yi muʿallá, 'language of the exalted camp' (Urdu pronunciation: [zəbaːn eː ʊrdu eː moəllaː]) or لشکری ...

  3. Rekhta (website) - Wikipedia

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    Rekhta (website) Rekhta is an Urdu literary web portal started by Rekhta Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the Urdu literature. [4] The Rekhta Library Project, its books preservation initiative, has successfully digitized approximately 200,000 books over a span of ten years. [5]

  4. List of languages by total number of speakers - Wikipedia

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    (excl. Urdu) Indo-European: Indo-Aryan: 345 million 266 million: 610 million Spanish (excl. creole languages) Indo-European: Romance: 485 million 74 million: 559 million French (excl. creole languages) Indo-European: Romance: 81 million 229 million: 310 million Modern Standard Arabic (excl. dialects) Afro-Asiatic: Semitic: 0: 274 million: 274 ...

  5. Urdu-speaking people - Wikipedia

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    Many people of Pashtun origin are also diversely scattered and principally settled in the plains of northern and central India, known as the Pathans. [120] [121] [122] The majority of Indian Pathans are Urdu-speaking people, [123] who have assimilated into the local society over the course of generations. [123]

  6. University of Lahore - Wikipedia

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    The University of Lahore ( Punjabi: لہور یونیورسٹی; Urdu: جامعہ لاہور ), abbreviated as UOL, is a private university located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan . The University of Lahore was founded at the collegiate level in 1999 [1] under the IBADAT Educational Trust and was granted full degree awarding status in 2002.

  7. Hyderabad, Sindh - Wikipedia

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    Hyderabad (Sindhi: حيدرآباد ‎; Urdu: حيدرآباد; / ˈ h aɪ d ər ə b ɑː d /) is a city and the capital of Hyderabad Division in the Sindh province of Pakistan.It is the second-largest city in Sindh, and the fifth largest in Pakistan.

  8. Lahore - Wikipedia

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    Lahore is the largest Punjabi-speaking city in the world. According to the 2017 Pakistani census 12.6% speak Urdu, 2.7% Pashto, 1.02% Saraiki and 2.78% other mother tongues. Urdu and English are used as official languages and as mediums of instruction and media administration. However, Punjabi is also taught at graduation level and used in ...

  9. Ligature (writing) - Wikipedia

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    Urdu (one of the main languages of South Asia), which uses a calligraphic version of the Arabic-based Nastaʿlīq script, requires a great number of ligatures in digital typography. InPage, a widely used desktop publishing tool for Urdu, uses Nastaliq fonts with over 20,000 ligatures.