Urdu in the United Kingdom

British Urdu
British Urdu
برطانوی اردو
Pronunciation	[ˈbəɾt̪ɑːnʋiː ˈʊrduː]
Ethnicity	British Asians
Speakers	270,000 (2021)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Central Zone Western Hindi Hindustani Urdu British Urdu; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Perso-Arabic (Urdu alphabet);
Language codes
ISO 639-1	ur
ISO 639-2	urd
ISO 639-3	urd
Glottolog	urdu1245 Urdu
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Urdu in the United Kingdom (Urdu: برطانیہ میں اردو) is the fourth most commonly spoken language. It is seen as the lingua franca for around two million British South Asians.^[1] According to the 2021 census, 270,000 people (0.5% of UK residents) listed Urdu as their main language, an increase of 1,000 from 2011.^[2] Ethnologue reports the total number of Urdu speakers in the UK at over 400,000.^[3] Since the 1990s, the Department of Health has issued patient information (pamphlets etc.) in Urdu in conjunction with local authorities,^[4] which has also led other organisations, institutions and councils to publish public information in Urdu.

^ Jamil, Khan, Abdul (2006). Urdu/Hindi : an artificial divide ; African heritage, Mesopotamian roots, Indian culture & British colonialism. Algora Publ. ISBN 0-87586-437-6. OCLC 836277434.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Language, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
^ "Ethnologue report for United Kingdom". Ethnologue. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
^ Britain, David (2007-08-23), "Map of the British Isles", Language in the British Isles, Cambridge University Press, pp. xiii–xiv, doi:10.1017/cbo9780511620782.001, ISBN 9780521794886, retrieved 2023-04-20

[:1-1] Jamil, Khan, Abdul (2006). Urdu/Hindi : an artificial divide ; African heritage, Mesopotamian roots, Indian culture & British colonialism. Algora Publ. ISBN 0-87586-437-6. OCLC 836277434.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] "Language, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-25.

[Ethnologue-3] "Ethnologue report for United Kingdom". Ethnologue. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

[4] Britain, David (2007-08-23), "Map of the British Isles", Language in the British Isles, Cambridge University Press, pp. xiii–xiv, doi:10.1017/cbo9780511620782.001, ISBN 9780521794886, retrieved 2023-04-20

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