Hindustani phonology
PHONOLOGY OF HINDI AND URDU
Hindi phonology; Urdu phonology; Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) phonology; IPA for Hindi; IPA for Urdu; IPA for Hindi-Urdu; IPA for Hindi and Urdu; Hindi–Urdu phonology; Hindi-Urdu phonology
Hindustani is the lingua franca of northern India and Pakistan, and through its two standardized registers, Hindi and Urdu, a co-official language of India and co-official and national language of Pakistan respectively. Phonological differences between the two standards are minimal.