New Delhi:Nokia today launched its 114 feature phone, which comes with support for vernacular languages, especially Urdu which will be provided for the first time in a Nokia phone.

Communications and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal with noted filmmaker and poet Muzaffar Ali launched Nokia 114, the first mobile device with Urdu language support, at a function in New Delhi on Thursday.

Nokia provides support for 11 languages on its phone portfolio, and with this phone has also added Urdu to the list. The phone has been launched to cater to the masses in India.

The phone is priced at Rs 2,579. It will support nine languages including Urdu, English and Hindi.

Nokia 114 will support talk time of up to 10.5 hours on 2G network, allow internet browsing, 0.3 megapixel camera, FM radio and video streaming among other features.

“We will be launching it pan India but our focus will be five markets- Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka. It is available across stores now,”Nokia India Managing Director P Balaji said.