Hyderabadi Urdu
| Hyderabadi Urdu | |
|---|---|
| حیدرآبادی اردو | |
| Native to | Telangana, Marathwada region of Maharashtra and Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka |
| Region | Deccan |
| Ethnicity | Deccanis (Hyderabadi Muslims) |
| Perso-Arabic (Urdu alphabet) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | dakh1244 |
Hyderabadi Urdu (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.
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.