Hindustani (हिन्दुस्तानी, ہندوستانی, Hindustānī, IPA: [hɪn̪d̪ʊst̪aːniː], literally: 'of Hindustan'), Hindostani or Hindi-Urdu[2]

Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu)
हिन्दुस्तानी, ہندوستانی Hindustānī
Sísọ níIndia, Fiji, Guyana, Malaysia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Myanmar, Pakistan
AgbègbèSouth Asia, Oceania, Caribbean
Ìye àwọn afisọ̀rọ̀541 million native, 904 million total[citation needed]
Èdè ìbátan
Sístẹ́mù ìkọRoman script,
Devanagari script,
Perso-Arabic script
Lílò bíi oníbiṣẹ́
Àkóso lọ́wọ́Kòsí àkóso oníbiṣẹ́
Àwọn àmìọ̀rọ̀ èdè
ISO 639-1hi,ur
ISO 639-2hin,urd
ISO 639-3variously:
hin – Hindi
urd – Urdu
hif – Fijian Hindustani
hns – Caribbean Hindustani
Indic script
Indic script
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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Ethnologue Report for Hindustani". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2007-01-07. 
  2. "About Hindi-Urdu". North Carolina State University. Archived from the original on 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2009–08–09.  Check date values in: |access-date= (help)