Urdu Translator
About Urdu
Urdu is an Indo-Aryan language that developed in the Indian subcontinent during the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire periods, emerging as a literary language in the 13th century. It shares much of its grammar and basic vocabulary with Hindi but draws extensively from Persian, Arabic, and Turkish for its formal and literary register. Approximately 170 million people speak Urdu.
Urdu is written in Nastaliq, an elegant calligraphic style of the Perso-Arabic script that reads from right to left. It is the national language of Pakistan and an official language in several Indian states. An interesting fact is that Urdu and Hindi are mutually intelligible in everyday conversation, but their formal registers diverge significantly due to different literary and scholarly traditions.
Common phrases in Urdu
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Frequently asked questions about Urdu
- What is Urdu?
- Urdu is an Indo-Aryan language that developed in the Indian subcontinent during the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire periods, emerging as a literary language in the 13th century. It shares much of its grammar and basic vocabulary with Hindi but draws extensively from Persian, Arabic, and Turkish for its formal and literary register. Approximately 170 million people speak Urdu.
- What languages can I translate Urdu to?
- You can translate Urdu to English, Hindi, and Western Punjabi, and 230+ other languages using Polytranslator.
- How many people speak Urdu?
- Urdu has approximately 170 million speakers worldwide.
- Is the Urdu translator free?
- Yes, Polytranslator's Urdu translator is free to use. You can translate up to 50 texts per day without an account, or sign in for 150 per day.