I wasn't trying to be pedantic :) The OP's claim was that they are essentially the same language. My point was that while they are mutually intelligible to a la

I wasn't trying to be pedantic :) The OP's claim was that they are essentially the same language. My point was that while they are mutually intelligible to a large extent, Hindi and Urdu are distinct languages. That was pretty much it. I have no revisionist intentions here :)