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Rise Of The Urdu Language

The origin of Urdu language developed in the northern side of India in the 12th century. The Urdu language is majorly influenced by the Persian and Arabic languages.

The actual origin of Urdu language was first developed in the North Indian city called Delhi. It is primarily a regional-based language. However, this particular Urdu language is initially chosen as a derived symbol of unity. The Urdu language was first initiated as a national language for the state of Pakistan in the year of 1947. This specifically mentioned language was primarily served as a potential “Lingua franca”, this is initially conducted among the Muslim region in the northwest and north side of British India. Urdu was primarily considered the official language of Pakistan; however, the Urdu language is also considered an official mainstream language of some of the region based states of India. 

Origin of Urdu language: Overview

  • Urdu is the first language of more than 70 million people all over the globe and in the 2nd language-based, it was initiated by more than 100 million people. However, this predominant structure is conducted in two Asian regions, such as Pakistan and India
  • The significant based of speech communities primarily exist in the Muslim dominant counties, such as “United Arab Emirates”. However, not only the Muslim originated country, European nations, such as the USA and United Kingdom are also derivatively considered as the Urdu speech communities
  • The origin of Urdu language is initially developed in 12CE, which is primarily developed from the regional oriented language called “Apabhramsha” of the Northeastern of the Indian nation
  • The first-ever Urdu poet Amir Khusrow, primarily composed the “Folk song, Dohas and different types of Riddles, such as”Hindvi `
  • The mixed speech is derived from various names, such as “Zaban-e-Delhi, Gujari, Zaban-e-Hind, Zaban-e-Urdu, Dakhhani, zaban-e-Urdu-e-mualla”. In the recent scenario, those above-mentioned names are only considered as the Urdu languages

History of Urdu language: Significance

The development of the Urdu language initially started to evolve from the Arabic context during the predominant invasion of the Indian subcontinent nature. The Urdu language primarily originated during the period of the Mughal Empire (1526 to 1878); Delhi based Sultanates (1206 to 1526). The golden period of Urdu poetry was conducted in the 18th to 19th centuries. However, it is primarily initiated that the Delhi based Sultanate expanded their regional state from the southeast of India to the Deccan plateau. Thus, multiple southeast region oriented languages, such as “Haryanvi and Punjabi”, also influenced the literacy rate. The Urdu based religious prose is initially popular in the different major countries. Modern and secular writing primarily flourished or originated in the 19th century.  

Development of Urdu language 

  • The origin of the Urdu language initially shared its origin value with the Hindi language that is the reason Hindi is referred to as the sister and short-term language of Urdu
  • The Urdu and Hindi languages primarily share the same grammar oriented base. However, the Hindi languages are initially written in the old form of Sanskrit languages, such as “Devanagari”
  • The actual significance of Urdu in history is symbolized as the same derived script of Sanskrit. However, the Parisian, Turkish and Arabic languages primarily influence the predominant vocabulary of the Sanskrit language
  • The origin of the Urdu language is initiated in the 14th and 15th centuries, in that historical time, the Urdu language-based poetry and literature is primarily beginning to be written in the Muslim dominant language called Urdu
  • In the current scenario, the regional based Muslim cultural people of the Indian subcontinent are mainly connected through the Urdu languages
  • Most of the Urdu literature oriented novels and the Sikh and Hindu cultural writers write poetry in this specific language

Conclusion

The Urdu language is considered as the most essential communication medium in India and Pakistan. Hence, it is primarily conducted that the Urdu language is primarily initiated with rich heritages of poetry and prose that is derivatively written in the 19th and 17th centuries. The Urdu language is primarily segmented as an “Indo-European” language. The origin of the Urdu language is developing from the western Hindi language-oriented branch of the predominant language tree. Hence, the Urdu language is a mixture of different languages, such as Arabic, Persian and various local and regional based languages. The Urdu language is primarily similar to Hindi, thus as in the written form of the Urdu language, it is similar to the Arabian script.

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