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Who says Urdu is a Muslim language?

Who says Urdu is a Muslim language?

The country’s Qaid-e-Azam (Great Leader) Mohammad Ali Jinnah insisted on making Urdu the official language – a decision many historians say fuelled the revolt in predominantly Bengali-speaking East Pakistan. India on the other hand, took two years after the Partition to pick its official language.

Do Indian Muslims speak Hindi or Urdu?

The lingua franca of Indian Muslims, arguably, is Urdu, which is spoken by nearly 50% of the community and widely understood by the rest. Non-Urdu speakers generally speak the various regional Indian languages.

Why is Urdu the official language of Pakistan?

Urdu was the natural choice because it was Pakistan’s lingua franca, the only language spoken both in Eastern and Western provinces of Pakistan. Even today, Urdu is Pakistan’s lingua franca. It is spoken and understood in each and every region of the country, even in remotest areas, and hence the only choice.

Do Indian Muslims read Urdu?

In general no. Muslims like me from parts of India where Hindi/Urdu is not the mother tongue do not read or write Urdu with any proficiency. We learn Hindi in school but most of us barely get by. And our Urdu proficiency is even worse, usually just a hodgepodge of Hindi vocabulary and Arabic script learnt at Madrassas.

Is Urdu a Pakistani language?

Urdu: Urdu is the national language of Pakistan. It is a mixture of Persian, Arabic and various local languages. It is similar to Hindi but written in Arabic script.

Is Urdu important in Islam?

According to Islamic tradition, Arabic, the language spoken by the prophet Muhammad and uttered in the revelation of the Qur’an, holds spiritual significance and power. Because Urdu was intentioned as means of unification for Muslims in Northern India and later Pakistan, it adopted a modified Perso-Arabic script.

Is Urdu a romantic?

Urdu is the language of romance; it is the language of poetry, of diplomacy. All of this is encompassed in the exquisite nuances of their language.

Is Urdu harder than Arabic?

A native English speaker will have a harder time learning Italian than a native Spanish speaker, since the two Romance languages are closely related….The languages that take the most (and least) time to learn, per the US Foreign Service.

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Urdu 3
Uzbek 3
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How many people in the world speak Urdu?

1. Where is Urdu spoken? Urdu is a living language which, according to estimates, is spoken by close to 100 million people around the world. It is the official language of Pakistan, a status which it shares with English.

Are there any Urdu speaking Muslims in India?

Even today the Labbais of Pernampet, Valathoor, Melpatti, Visharam etc.are speaking in broken but their offspring speak in Urdu. One more set of Muslims, Dhakkanis (from Deccan ) have no surnames. Father’s name acts as surname and their mother tongue obviously is Urdu.

Are there any Urdu speaking Muslims in Kerela?

The Kerela Muslims do not speak Urdu or Arabic but their physical structures are more akin to the Arabs, quite fair in colour and robustness, suggestive inter Arab marriages. Similar to Tamil Labbai Muslims, Muslims from Kerela also have sur names.

Is the Urdu language spoken in Tamil Nadu?

The impact of regional language Tamil is so a strong and off setting that the Urdu language got a hold and mutilated. If any one speaks in unsullied Urdu, he/she must be on the public speaking platform or he/she has all set friends from North to speak in chaste form.

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