Dhakaiya Urdu
| Dhakaiya Urdu | |
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| Region | Old Dhaka |
| Ethnicity | Sobbasi/khosbasi |
| Era | Late 18th century-present |
| Bengali script Urdu alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| IETF | ur-u-sd-bd13 |
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Dhakaiya Urdu is a Bengalinized dialect of Urdu that is native to Old Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is currently spoken by the Sobbas or Khosbas community, Nawab Family and some other communities in Old Dhaka. The usage of this language is gradually declining due to negative perceptions following it being forced upon the people of erstwhile East Bengal during Bengali language movement in Pakistan. Today, Dhakaiya Urdu is one of the two dialects of Urdu spoken in Bangladesh; the other one being the Urdu spoken by the Stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh.