Key:name:ur
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A name in Urdu. |
Group: names |
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Status: de facto |
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A name in Urdu.
Urdu is widely spoken in both Pakistan and India, and is mutually intelligible with Hindi (name:hi=*. The language has a 'lingua franca' status and many of its speakers natively speak a different regional language.
Note that this tag is useful when object has names specified in more than one language:
- If name=* is in Urdu then it specifies which language is used in main name tag
- If name=* is in a different language then it specifies name in Urdu
Nastaliq
Written Urdu uses the Arabic script in the 'Nastaliq' calligraphic style/typeface. Urdu text can be rendered on the OSM wiki using a Nastaliq font by applying Template:Nastaliq. For example,
{{Nastaliq|فیصل آباد}}
becomes فیصل آباد.
Maps in Urdu
- Wikimedia Maps (wikimedia.org)
- Wikimedia Maps (toolforge.org)
- OpenStreetMap Americana
- Indic OpenstreetMap – customizable vector world map in 13 Indic languages
See also
- Map internationalization (India)
- Multilingual names
- Names – about names in general
- name:hi=* – name in Hindi