Urdu
Urdu is one of 99 world languages in the LEXOS registry, belonging to the Indo-European language family. Every word or phrase can be analysed across 6 linguistic levels: phonetics → phonology → morphology → syntax → semantics → pragmatics.
Indo-Aryan branch of Indo-European; Perso-Arabic script in the Nastaliq calligraphic style. National language of Pakistan, grammatically close to Hindi but drawing its formal vocabulary heavily from Persian and Arabic.
6 Levels of Analysis for Urdu
Other Indo-European languages
Frequently asked about Urdu
What language family does Urdu belong to?
Indo-European.
At which levels can I analyse Urdu?
Six levels: Phonetics (speech sounds, IPA), Phonology (phonemes and sound patterns), Morphology (word structure), Syntax (phrases and sentence structure), Semantics (literal meaning), Pragmatics (meaning in context).
Is Urdu one of the most spoken world languages?
Yes — LEXOS catalogues the 99 most-spoken / most-commercially-relevant world languages, covering every major language family and every continent.