Claim: Urdu is a language in which Reuters transmits news.

Urdu -LRB- -LSB- ˈʊərduː -RSB- -LSB- ALA-LC : ; -LSB- ˈʊrd̪uː -RSB- , or Modern Standard Urdu -RRB- is a persianized and standardized register of the Hindustani language . It is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan , and an official language of five states of India . It is also one of the 22 official languages recognized in the Constitution of India . Hyderabad , Rampur , Bhopal and Lucknow are noted Urdu-speaking cities of India .   Apart from specialized vocabulary , Urdu is mutually intelligible with Standard Hindi , another recognized register of Hindustani . The Urdu variant of Hindustani received recognition and patronage under British rule when the British replaced the local official languages with English and Hindustani written in Perso-Arabic script , as the official language in north and northwestern India .