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  2. Hindustani language - Wikipedia

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    Hindustani is a Central Indo-Aryan language based on Khari Boli (Khaṛi Boli). Its origin, development, and function reflect the dynamics of the sociolinguistic contact situation from which it emerged as a colloquial speech. It is inextricably linked with the emergence and standardisation of Urdu and Hindi.

  3. Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia [c] is a free content online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and the wiki software MediaWiki. Wikipedia is the largest and most-read reference work in history, [3] [4] and is consistently ranked among the ten most visited websites; as of April 2024, it was ranked fourth by Semrush, [5] and seventh by ...

  4. 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.

  5. Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    The Netherlands, [j] informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. [13] The Netherlands consists of twelve provinces; it borders Germany to the east and Belgium to the south, with a North Sea ...

  6. State of Palestine - Wikipedia

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    Palestine ( Arabic: فلسطين, romanized : Filasṭīn [d] ), officially the State of Palestine ( دولة فلسطين, Dawlat Filasṭīn ), [e] is a partially recognized country in the southern Levant region of West Asia. It encompasses two disconnected territories — the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, collectively known as the ...

  7. Dubai (typeface) - Wikipedia

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    Dubai Bold. Dubai is a sans-serif typeface commissioned by the Government of Dubai in partnership with Microsoft and designed by a six-member team led by Nadine Chahine from U.S.-based firm Monotype. It contains both Latin and Arabic script.

  8. States of India by Urdu speakers - Wikipedia

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    Urdu is officially recognised in India and has official status in the National Capital Territory of Delhi to which the language has remained deeply attached through its medieval history of Muslim sultanates and empires and the Indian states and union territories of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, [3] Telangana and Jammu and Kashmir .

  9. Mia Khalifa - Wikipedia

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    Mia Khalifa. Mia Khalifa ( / miːə kəˈliːfə /; Arabic: ميا خليفة Miyа̄ Ḵalīfah [mijaː χaliːfa (h)]; born 1993 [1]) is a Lebanese-American media personality and former pornographic film actress and webcam model. Born and raised in Lebanon, she and her family relocated to the United States in 2001.