Editing Hindustani language (section)

===Standard Urdu===
{{Main|Urdu}}
[[File:Zaban urdu mualla.png|thumb|The phrase ''Zabān-e Urdu-ye Mualla'' in [[Nastaʿlīq]]]]
Urdu is the [[national language]] and [[state language]] of Pakistan and one of the [[official languages of India|22 officially recognised languages of India]]. It is written, except in some parts of India, in the [[Nastaliq]] style of the [[Urdu alphabet]], an extended Perso-Arabic script incorporating Indic phonemes. It is heavily influenced by [[Dari Persian|Persian]] vocabulary and was historically also known as [[Rekhta]].
[[File:Lashkari Zaban calligraphy.png|thumb|''Lashkari Zabān'' title in the Perso-Arabic script]]
As [[Dakhini]] (or Deccani) where it also draws words from local languages, it survives and enjoys a rich history in the [[Deccan]] and other parts of [[South India]], with the prestige dialect being [[Hyderabadi Urdu]] spoken in and around the capital of the [[Nizams of Hyderabad|Nizams]] and the [[Deccan Sultanates]].

Earliest forms of the language's literature may be traced back to the 13th-14th century works of [[Amir Khusrau|Amīr Khusrau Dehlavī]], often called the "father of [[Urdu literature]]" while [[Wali Dakhni|Walī Deccani]] is seen as the progenitor of [[Urdu poetry]].