Bilingual parrot also barks

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

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.

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