[sandGorgon]

A. incorrect. I have just one word for you - Bollywood [1] [2]

[1] https://www.google.co.in/search?q=bollywood+urdu&safe=off&cl...

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi_and_Urdu_wedding_songs

[mynameisvlad]

First of all, I wouldn't call one specific use case proving that it isn't almost dead. Just because it's being used in one case, for Bollywood wedding songs, does not mean it isn't "almost dead". Secondly, it was by the OPs own admission that the language is dying.

[sandGorgon]

true - except when that one usecase is a billion people. I'm just pointing out that there is a skewed worldview of asian countries.

My previous comment was in jest, but was fairly accurate in its portrayal of impact.

a far more cut and dry statistic is this [1] and this [2]

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_India_by_Urdu_speaker... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Jang