page_title: Dhakaiya Urdu
hierarchical_section_title: Dhakaiya Urdu
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Hakim Habibur Rahman
context_page_description: Dhakaiya Urdu, also known Khosbas Dhakaiya, is a dialect of Urdu native to Old Dhaka and its surrounding areas in Bangladesh. It is spoken by the city's Khusbas community and the erstwhile Nawab family of Dhaka. The usage of the language is gradually declining due to negative perceptions following the Bengali Language Movement as well as it not being given an official status. Dhakaiya Urdu is one of the two dialects of Urdu spoken in Bangladesh; the other one being the Urdu spoken by the Biharis and Stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh.
context_section_description: Dhakaiya Urdu (Urdu: ڈھاکیہ اُردُو‎, romanized: Dhākāyā Urdū, lit. 'Urdu of Dhaka'), also known Khosbas Dhakaiya (Urdu: خوشباس ڈھاکایہ‎, romanized: Khūshbās Dhākāyā), is a dialect of Urdu native to Old Dhaka and its surrounding areas in Bangladesh. It is spoken by the city's Khusbas community and the erstwhile Nawab family of Dhaka. The usage of the language is gradually declining due to negative perceptions following the Bengali Language Movement as well as it not being given an official status. Dhakaiya Urdu is one of the two dialects of Urdu spoken in Bangladesh; the other one being the Urdu spoken by the Biharis and Stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh.
caption: Hakim Habibur Rahman was one of the leading Urdu writers in Dhaka.
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