The Urdu language is one of the major languages of Pakistan. In Pakistan, Urdu is the national language and many people of India speak Urdu as a second language. Hindi displays the closest relationship with Urdu.
The grammar and the basic vocabulary of the two languages are very similar, the principal differences being in the script and in the sources of borrowed words.
Urdu is written in a flowing script that runs from right to left, opposite of English language. Most Urdu letters connect to the letters preceding and following them, as in English cursive writing. Therefore, letters often change shape depending on their placement within a word. Urdu is usually written using only consonants and vowels, although there are small marks which can be used above or below letters to indicate short vowel.
One of the main differences between Urdu and Hindi is that Urdu has borrowed a good deal of loanwords from the Persian, Arabic and Turkish languages and Hindi tends to draw vocabulary from Sanskrit and other language. Urdu has also borrowed some words from English and from the other languages spoken alongside in Pakistan.
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