One is Hindi, is the other Arabic? Persian? Or any other?
How did Urdu Evolve?
2006-11-29 21:30:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Urdū (اردو) is an Indo-European language of the Indo-Aryan family that developed under Persian, Turkish, Pashto, Arabic influence in South Asia during the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire (1200–1800 CE).
Much of of Urdu's vocabulary draws on Arabic and Persian.
it also has significant vocabulary from Sanskrit also.
If you look at the urdu literature you would realize the base language is Persian.
http://shairoshairi.com/urdu.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdu
Hindi is not the mother Language for Urdu. it's frequently asserted that while Hindi is descended from Sanskrit, Urdu is a kind of pidgin mongrel of Persian, Arabic and Indian elements.
During the thousand years of Central Asian and northern India, the Muslim Rulers introduced into the language of Delhi (often called Kari Boli) a enormous number of loanwords from Arabic, Persian and Turkish. The result was Hindustani -- a grammatically Indian language descended from Sanskrit with a large Sansrkitic vocabulary, but Persian and Arabic words perhaps numbering 30% to 40% of the spoken language.
2006-11-29 22:19:00 · answer #1 · answered by Suhaeb 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The mothers of the language Urdu is definitely Hindi and Persian.
Urdu started way back during the time of the Mughals. Hindi was the local community language, and Persian was the language of the court. Soon, soldiers started talking in Hindi mixed with Persian words. Thus Urdu was born!
Hope that helps!
2006-11-29 21:40:38 · answer #2 · answered by Ashwin 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
it's not hindi. it is sanskrit, the ancient language of india. if u don't beleive then i have two proof, whenever someone is taught sanskrit, it is always told that hindi evolved from sanskrit. so hindi too took birth by sanskrit. and second proof, i am an india and i learn sanskrit. mann it's a boring language to learn but great to use. it's very very difficult. the answer by others about urdu are true. sanskrit is the mother language. persian is also the other mother langauge. u would be shocked to know that english evolved from sanskrit. and persian and hindi together evolved to make another language known as urdu. i know the persian song's lyrics. the one of bluffmaster. bore bore. want it? please please give me ten points.
2006-11-30 00:45:13 · answer #3 · answered by g4genius 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Arabic and Farsi
2006-11-29 21:35:49 · answer #4 · answered by pradeep p 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋