Hyderabadi Urdu

Hyderabadi (Urdu: حیدرآبادی اردو) is a variety of Dakhini Urdu, spoken in areas of the former Hyderabad State, corresponding to the Indian state of Telangana, the Marathwada region of Maharashtra and the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka.

Hyderabadi Urdu
حیدرآبادی اردو
Native toTelangana, Marathwada region of Maharashtra and Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka
RegionDeccan
EthnicityHyderabadi Muslims
Writing system
Perso-Arabic (Urdu alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologdakh1244

It is natively spoken by the Hyderabadi Muslims and their diaspora. It contains loan words from Indian languages like Marathi, Telugu, Kannada and foreign languages like Arabic, Turkic and Persian. Hyderabadi is considered to be a northern variety of Dakhini.

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