Does Urdu come from Sanskrit?

The Urdu language is closely related to Hindi. They share the same Indo-Aryan base, are similar in phonology and grammar, and are mutually intelligible. However, they are from different sources: Urdu is from Arabic and Persian, and Hindi is from Sanskrit.
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Is Urdu influenced by Sanskrit?

Urdu is fundamentally based on Sanskrit. Its grammar, phonology, and most of its lexicon are derived from Sanskrit.
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How much of Urdu is Sanskrit?

99% of Urdu verbs have their roots in Sanskrit/Prakrit. oh come on !
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What language did Urdu originate from?

Urdu shares its origins with Hindi, sometimes referred to as a 'sister' language of Urdu due to the similar grammar base that they share. However, Hindi went on to be written in 'Devanagri', the same script as Sanskrit, and its vocabulary has more of a Sanskrit influence than a Persian and Arabic influence.
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Is Hindi derived from Urdu or Sanskrit?

Middle Indo-Aryan to Hindi

Like other Indo-Aryan languages, Hindi is a direct descendant of an early form of Vedic Sanskrit, through Sauraseni Prakrit and Śauraseni Apabhraṃśa (from Sanskrit apabhraṃśa "corrupt"), which emerged in the 7th century CE.
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Which is oldest Sanskrit or Urdu?

In brief, Urdu is much older than just a few hundred years and its roots go right back to Sanskrit.
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Who created Urdu?

Urdu developed in the 12th century ce from the regional Apabhramsha of northwestern India, serving as a linguistic modus vivendi after the Muslim conquest. Its first major poet was Amir Khosrow (1253–1325), who composed dohas (couplets), folk songs, and riddles in the newly formed speech, then called Hindvi.
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What is Urdu a mix of?

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.
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Which is older Hindi or Urdu?

Hindi has its origin in 9th Century, whereas Urdu came later only in 12th Century. Northwestern states speaks mostly Hindustani and some register of Standard Hindi, whereas northern India which also has more population still speaks Standard Hindi.
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How did Sanskrit originate?

Classical Sanskrit has its origin in the end of the Vedic period when the Upanishads were the last sacred texts to be written down, after which Panini, a descendant of Pani and a grammar and linguistic researcher, introduced the refined version of the language.
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Is Arabic derived from Sanskrit?

Arab : This is taken from the Sanskrit word 'arava / arav'.
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Is Hindi closer to Persian or Sanskrit?

Hindi and Farsi are both from the same language family. There grammars may be different, but they share a lot of common words. Sanskrit and Old-old Farsi (the actual linguistic term!) are considered to be cousins.
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Is Persian derived from Sanskrit?

Sukhandan-e-Fars traces the common roots of Sanskrit and Persian, which was the language of the elite and the establishment in India before the British came and encouraged the more popularly spoken Hindustani.
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How was Urdu created?

The earliest linguistic influences in the development of Urdu probably began with the Muslim conquest of Sindh in 711. The language started evolving from Farsi and Arabic contacts during the invasions of the Indian subcontinent by Persian and Turkic forces from the 11th century onward.
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Is Sanskrit the oldest language in the world?

World's oldest language is Sanskrit. The Sanskrit language is called Devbhasha. All European languages ​​seem inspired by Sanskrit. All the universities and educational institutions spread across the world consider Sanskrit as the most ancient language.
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Is shukriya Urdu or Hindi?

It can be used as either a given name or surname. It is also a word that in the Urdu language (Urdu: شکریہ) means "Thank You".
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Can a Hindi speaker understand Urdu?

Yes. Hindi and Urdu are mutually intelligible, but in terms of reading and writing, they aren't. Urdu has roots in Arabic and Persian whereas Hindi has roots in Sanksrit.
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Why did Hindus oppose the Urdu language?

The reason for opposing Urdu was that the language was written in Persian script, which was similar to the Arabic script, and Arabic was the language of the Quran, the Holy Book of the Muslims.
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Why is Urdu so beautiful?

The sweetness of the language is the strong testimony for the reasons why urdu is the most beautiful language. The sweetness of the language is the strong testimony for the reasons why urdu is the most beautiful language. Urdu boasts of some of the most soulful words that you will ever hear.
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Is Urdu a useless language?

Urdu has over 70 million native speakers, so I do not understand why people claim that it is a useless language. No language is useless unless the speakers of that language decide to abandon it. People add importance to the language by speaking it, promoting it and taking pride in it.
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Is Urdu mother tongue of Muslims?

Languages aren't associated with religions and it is known that far more people understand and speak Urdu than those who register it as their mother tongue. But, it is generally people from the Muslim community who record Urdu as their mother tongue. Even on this account, Urdu is declining in the north.
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What is the old name of Urdu?

From the 13th century until the end of the 18th century the language now known as Urdu was called Hindi, Hindavi, Hindustani, Dehlavi, and Lashkari.
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Who is the father of Urdu?

Maulvi Abdul Haq (Urdu: مولوی عبد الحق) (20 April 1870 – 16 August 1961) was a scholar and a linguist, whom some call Baba-e-Urdu (Urdu: بابائے اردو) (Father of Urdu). Abdul Haq was a champion of the Urdu language and the demand for it to be made the national language of Pakistan.
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