Difference between revisions of "Urdu"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Tolkiendil (talk | contribs) |
|||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
Urdu and [[Hindi]] are mutually intelligible and many linguists consider them to be dialects of the same language, rather than two separate languages. In addition, Hindi is written with a syllabic alphabet descended from [[Sanskrit]], while Urdu is written in a modified form of the Arabic script. | Urdu and [[Hindi]] are mutually intelligible and many linguists consider them to be dialects of the same language, rather than two separate languages. In addition, Hindi is written with a syllabic alphabet descended from [[Sanskrit]], while Urdu is written in a modified form of the Arabic script. | ||
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Indo-European languages]] |
[[Category:Pakistan]] | [[Category:Pakistan]] | ||
[[Category:India]] | [[Category:India]] | ||
Revision as of 20:09, November 28, 2008
Urdu is a language spoken in Pakistan and northern India.
Relation to Other Languages
Urdu and Hindi are mutually intelligible and many linguists consider them to be dialects of the same language, rather than two separate languages. In addition, Hindi is written with a syllabic alphabet descended from Sanskrit, while Urdu is written in a modified form of the Arabic script.