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Hindi and Urdu are mutually intelligible but use different scripts.

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In everyday speech, Hindi and Urdu are often highly mutually intelligible, especially in casual registers. They diverge more in formal vocabulary and writing: Hindi uses Devanagari while Urdu uses a Perso-Arabic script.

🤯 "Hindi and Urdu are mutually intelligible but use different scripts — siblings who dress differently."

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