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Language Family and Writing System
Writing System		Nasta'liq (arabic)
Script(s) Used		(urd )
Family		Indo-european	vs	46.3% World Languages have Indo-European	compare Indo-European World Languages
Subgroup		Indo-aryan
3 Letter Code		Urd

Number of Speakers
Number of Native speakers (millions)		58 (10.89 lower than average)	vs	68.89	Compare similar Number of Native speakers (58)
Native Speakers as % of World		1.3 (0.22 lower than average)	vs	1.52	Compare similar Native Speakers as % of World (1.3)
Total Number of Speakers (millions)		65 (48.83 lower than average)	vs	113.83	Compare similar Total Number of Speakers (65)
Total Speakers as % of World		0.9 (0.62 lower than average)	vs	1.52	Compare similar Total Speakers as % of World (0.9)

Language Systems
Noun declensions		Two Cases	vs	6% World Languages have Two cases
Sequence		SOV	vs	33.3% World Languages have SOV
Tonal		No	vs	80.6% World Languages don't have Tonal
Agglutinative language		No	vs	85.1% World Languages don't have Agglutinative language

Geographic Distribution
Official language in		Pakistan India
Official Language of United Nations		No	vs	89.6% World Languages don't have Official Language of United Nations
Countries Spoken In		Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Mauritius, South Africa, Thailand
No. of Countries Spoken In		6 (4.33 lower than average)	vs	10.33	Compare similar No. of Countries Spoken In (6)

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