Chapter 5 - Languages Flashcards
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Urdu roots
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First originated in North West India when Persian, Turkish and Punjabi interacted with local dialects of Delhi and surrounding areas. It was also influenced by Arabic.
(From Turkish word Ordu meaning camp)
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Urdu writers
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- Amir Khusrau
- Muhammad Shah, Bahadur Shah Zafar (poet)
- Mir (poet), Sauda (poet), Dard (poet), Ghalib (poet)
- Hasrat Mohani, Majaz, Jazbi
- Allama Iqbal, Dr Nazir Ahmed, Muhammad Hussain Azad, Maulana Altaf Hussain Hali, Allama Shibli
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Sindhi roots
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- It was written in Marwari and Arz Nagari ways of writing before the arrival of the Muslims
- Many Arabic words were absorbed and it was written in the Arabic script after the Arabs settled in Sindh and influenced Sindhi culture and literature
- Then the subcontinent came under the influence of Central Asian Turkish tribes with their Persian language which also influenced Sindhi
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Sindhi writers
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- Makhdum Nuh of Hala, Qazi Qazan of Thatta
- Soomro period 1050-1300
- Most scholars thought it was at its peak between 1685-1783
- Sachal Sarmast (poet), Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai (poet)
- Pir Ali Muhammad Rashdi (author), Faqir Nabi Bux (author), G Allana (author)
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Balochi roots
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- Persian and Brohi are also spoken in Balochistan
- Two types: Sulemanki and Mekrani
- Brought into Balochistan by nomadic tribes which migrated from North West Iran
- Little development in literature, oral language, early poetry abounding in folk songs
- 1830: British traveller W Leech reported in the Journal of Asiatic Society about the existence of Balochi language and literature (it went outside the region)
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Balochi writers
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- Jam Darang (poet)
- Atta Shad (poet), Ishaq Shamim (poet)
- Gul Khan Nazir (writer), Azad Jamal Din (writer)
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Punjabi roots
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Fhcfgthf
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Punjabi writers
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Ighting we jb had man
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Pashto roots
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Highest ghuss ugh sac
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Pashto writers
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Ughughugh
