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In the 18th-19th centuries, South Asian communities experienced and participated in a major restructuring of the languages of the subcontinent. Urdu and English were institutionalized as governmental languages and utilized in new literary productions as Persian was gradually marginalized from the centre of literary and governmental polities.
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- Urdu Is The ‘Final Product’ of A Mixture of Multiple Languages
- Urdu Is A Camp Language
- So Where Does Urdu Language Actually Come from?
- Where Does The Word “Urdu” Come from?
Author Adam Rutherford uses the popular analogy of an ape transforming into a human being, to articulate that evolution does not occur in a linear order, but in a random sequence, much like the branches of a tree. Similarly, to understand Urdu we cannot assume that it came together consciously or coherently. We must trace its linguistic branches th...
Urdu comes from a Turkish word ‘ordu’, which means ‘camp’. This translation has given birth to an inaccurate assumption that Urdu was a common camp language or lashkari zabaan. To attribute this rich linguistic heritage to clumsily-composed camp language which developed amongst the Mughal armies of the 16th centuries is sacrilege. We can find the e...
Following Gyan Chand Jain’s theory, Urdu and Hindi are in fact one language, their antecedent originate in the various Indic languages of the region. Urdu developed in the 11th and 12th century in Delhi, from locally spoken dialects such as Brij Bhasha, Mewati, Khari Boli and Haryani, which in turn had developed from Apbhransh. Apbhransh is believe...
“Urdu” as a name for the language, seemed to come into being in 1780, in the verses of Mushafi. This name seems to have developed as part of a larger phrase, ‘zaban-e urdu-e mu’alla -e shahjanabad’ (the language of the exalted city/the court of Shahjanabad i.e. Delhi). By the 18th century the word Urdu meant the city of Delhi. It is possible that w...
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Jan 27, 2009 · Experts agree that Urdu had begun taking root in the subcontinent before the arrival of the Muslims in the 8th century AD. However, there is no denying the fact that the Muslims played a vital ...
Aug 31, 2009 · With his research Ahmed Din found the origin of many words, phrases and expressions. Here are some of them. 'Barbaad' literally means 'on the wind', as 'bar' in Persian means 'on' and 'baad' means ...
Apr 13, 2024 · Urdu is closely related to Hindi, a language that originated and developed in the Indian subcontinent. They share the same Indo-Aryan base and are so similar in phonology and grammar that they appear to be one language. In terms of lexicon, however, they have borrowed extensively from different sources—Urdu from Arabic and Persian, Hindi from ...
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- What language family does the Urdu language belong to?The Urdu language is a member of the Indo-Aryan group within the Indo-European family of languages.
- Is the Urdu language the same as Hindi?The Urdu language is closely related to Hindi. They share the same Indo-Aryan base, are similar in phonology and grammar, and are mutually intellig...
- What writing system does the Urdu language use?The Urdu language uses a modified form of Perso-Arabic script known as Nastaliq (nastaʿlīq).
- Where is the Urdu language spoken?The Urdu language is spoken predominantly in Pakistan and India. It is the official state language of Pakistan and is also officially recognized in...
May 27, 2022 · The debate of the origin of the Urdu language is very engaging and diverse. Various theories and arguments have been developed by different scholars and linguists throughout the study of the origin and history of the Urdu language and literature. Its origin from different dialects such as “Khari Boli” and “Baraj Bhasha” is also debatable.
Nov 12, 2011 · Rehman reviews a number of competing theories about the origin of Urdu. Among them the most important is the view that Urdu is a developed form of Punjabi. Hafiz Mahmud Shirani was the originator ...
