Is Urdu considered as Hindi dialect with different script?

:slight_smile:…URDU >560-600 million…estimated 160 million Pakistani’s atleast 80% know Urdu…add to that all those who enjoy Bollywood Movies…

More than Half of India if not more knows Bollywood Urdu…

580 million…:slight_smile:

Expats (Urdu Speeaking) from Sub Continent…20 million

All Arabs in the Holy Cities know Urdu…3-5 million

All of GupShup…0.3 million…

Believe it or Not URDU may be second most spoken language on Earth…:biggthumb

Correction all this is from Sina gazzette…but seems plausible! :smiley: