UrduHindustani
UrduHindustani refers to the Hindustani language in its broad continuum of speech varieties, encompassing the two principal standard forms, Urdu and Hindi, as well as the many regional dialects that sit between them. It is an Indo-Aryan language with a shared core grammar and lexicon, and a long history of contact across northern India and Pakistan.
Historically, Hindustani emerged in the medieval centers of northern India, notably Delhi and Awadh, as a lingua
Urdu is typically written in a Perso-Arabic script (nastaʿlīq), while Hindi is written in the Devanagari script.
In contemporary circumstances, Hindustani functions as a common means of communication across northern India and Pakistan.
Scholars distinguish registers and dialects such as Rekhta (historic Urdu literary form), colloquial Hindustani, and various