Bilingual parrot also barks

A British-based parrot has been taught to speak Urdu.

Mittu – a two-year-old bird, who has grown up in Bradford, Yorkshire - can say a number of terms in the language, such as 'shabaash’, which means 'congratulations', as well as in English.

His owner, Ghaffar Ahmed, told the Daily Mail newspaper: "He speaks Urdu and English. But he also barks like a dog and makes the noise of the refrigerator alarm, so he likes making all sorts of noises really.

"I don’t know how many bilingual birds there are in the UK but there can’t be many."