BFSU LANGUAGE ENTRY
041 / 101Urdu
اردوAt BFSU, Urdu is among 101 approved foreign languages, connecting the university’s multilingual education with the places and cultures where the language is used.
Pakistan, India, United Kingdom
- NATIVE NAME
- اردو
- WRITING SYSTEM
- Arabic script
- AT BFSU
- One of 101 languages
LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD
See where Urdu connects communities.
LANGUAGE REACH
Urdu is spoken across 5 countries and territories.
No. 6 of 101 languages · No. 28 by territory count
Europe
01United Kingdom
South Asia
02PakistanIndia
The Americas
01Canada
Other areas
01Mauritius
From daily conversation in Pakistan, India, and United Kingdom to education, literature and media, Urdu carries the accents, vocabulary and expressions of different communities.
Population and distribution figures use Unicode CLDR 48 ↗ estimates of people able to use the language, including first- and second-language users. Recorded reach counts territories with an estimated community of at least 10,000; figures are comparative, not live counts.
AT BFSU
A language opens a wider view of the world.
BFSU places Urdu within a multilingual programme that brings language study together with literature, history, society and regional knowledge.
The language is commonly written in Arabic script; its literature, media and everyday expressions carry the experiences of the communities that use it.
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