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[edit] Some glaring factual inaccuracies(1) The most concise, easiest definition of Urdu is: it is Hindi, augumented with a heavy Persian and Arabic influence - which occured during the Muslim Mughal rule in South Asia; the long, arduous definition of Urdu in this article's start actually applies to Hindi and not Urdu. However, it is a fact that most of those belonging to the Pakistan or Indian Muslim lobby like to fudge over deliberately such issues for various reasons of subtle historical rivalry rather than any reasons of academic merit. A few sentences below this definition, the writer him (or her) self acknowledges the fact that the main difference between Urdu and Hindi is the "imported" Arabic script in which Urdu is written! (2) Neither Urdu or Hindi are spoken ANYWHERE in Afghanistan. This is a fallacy that is also deliberately promoted by some Urdu speakers for the same historical reasons described above. If it is indeed spoken there, a valid reference should be cited. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 210.56.30.129 (talk) 15:31, 23 January 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Blacklisted siteI had to remove this: *[http://www.ishipress.com/wordlist.htm Hindi-{{Unicode|Urdū}}-Pashtu-English Word list:] Comparative list of 210 words in English, Hindi/{{Unicode|Urdū}}, and Pashtu/Pashto/Pukhtu because it was on the spam blacklist. TimBentley (talk) 18:47, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Urdu translations?hi, I'm in a process of creating a uniform system of creating articles on political parties across wikipedias of different languages. I need help with Urdu translations, please contribute at User:Soman/Lang-Help-ur. --Soman 14:10, 26 اکتوبر 2006 (UTC) [edit] Normalizing the transliteration of the name "Urdu"This article uses both the forms "Urdu" and "Urdū". Shall we normalize the name as "Urdu" without the macron above the 'u' when referring to the name of the language? Sarayuparin 03:17, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] What about 'Ordou'?[edit] Two issuesFirst: The warning for missing citations is probably appearing for some time. Especially the 'Footnotes' need attention Second: This artcile is too long for a single page viewing and needs separation into more articles. --Islescape 12:16, 14 November 2006 (UTC) [edit] Actual population of Urdu SpeakersWhat's the actual population of native Urdu speakers the world over?? There are no completely reliable statistics available. The 61 million figure is quite doubtful, as the population of native Urdu speakers in India alone, is around 80 million, if we speak of today. I think there are more than 100 million native Urdu speakers in this world. Realton 16:25, 28 November 2006 (UTC) [edit] Urdenglish?Can anyone cite the use of "Urdenglish"? I ask because this term might just be a synonym of Hinglish. There may be reluctance amongst code-switching Urdu speakers to term this creole as "Hinglish" because of the perceived association with "Hindi". Realistically, though, the base language used in the creolization of Hindi or Urdu with English is in fact neither Hindi or Urdu, but the elemental "Hindustani" that serves as the foundation of both languages. Besides, the term "Urdenglish" sounds too contrived. Sarayuparin 20:59, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] MeharbaniThe word means Thank you not Please as it is written on the page
[edit] trying "too hard"Indians take every opportunity to make Pakistani culture,history,idenity look invisible.In fact they try it so much that at times they try "too hard" and end up contradicting themselves. I can give two examples: 1)Indians claim that Pakistan "did not exist" prior to 1947.At the same time they claim that Pakistan was always "a part" of India prior to 1947.The contradiction here is that how can something that doesnt exist be "a part" of something that does exist? 2)In regards to Urdu,which is more Pakistani than Indian since it can trace it's parent languages back to modern-day Iran,Turkey(which traces the origins of it's people and language all the way back to Mongolia),Arabia and west Punjab(Pakistan),indians claim that Urdu and Hindi are "the same" at the same time claiming that Urdu is parcially "made up" or "consisted" of Hindi.The contrdiction here,again is how can something that's equal to another be "made" or "parcially consisted" of that equal. Example:If X=Y.How can we say that X is "parcially consisted" of Y if we claim the two are equal or identical?Saying that Urdu is Hindi while saying Urdu is "parcially consisted" of Hindi doesnt make sense at all.Nadirali 16:07, 23 November 2006 (UTC)Nadirali
Yeah sure,just like Greek and Arab culture are intertwined regardless of linguistic cultural and historic differences.And a good idea too,wikiepdia is not your personal playground to continue stealing Pakistani history,culture and heritage for your own personal agendas.It's a place to share information,that is real matter-of-fact information,not spreading the same old indian pop-culture mythology that we are somehow "the same" people.Save it for your bollywood movie scripts,it doesn't belong hereNadirali 15:40, 28 November 2006 (UTC)Nadirali Indian Muslims would have be able to speak,Balouchi,Sindhi,Pashtu,Panjabi,Kashmiri Urdu as well as practice the same culture as all the ethnic groups to call their culture the same as Pakistani.The point is there are Muslims all over the world consisting of diverse cultures.Sharing a commmon religion doesn't necessarily mean they have a single standard cultureNadirali 15:46, 28 November 2006 (UTC)Nadirali
weak knowledge All I have to say is your knowledge is weak and poor.I dont need you to tell me about the Muhajirs first of all,as my father is one.First off,your writing suggests that Pakistan existed after Ubek,Tajik,,Turkemen,(all created in 1992 after the collapse of the USSR)and Afghan.(???) Second of all,Urdu might have developed in what is today india but it's parent languages is where it's heritage lies.Sanscrit was spoken in Multan.Where is that?You wont need a map I'll tell you:its in Pakistan. As for you "acadmic" vision of what you call "history",you seem to lack in it. The so called "partician of india" is my best example.A provincecalled Punjab gets divided into two states and you cry "India got divided".Syria and Turkey were under the rule of the Ottoman empire,so by your arguemnt,Turks and Syrians are "the same" or that "Syria got divded into two". India is in fact a whole day YOUNGER than Pakistan as it was liberated a whole day later by the British.The so-called land of "India" was nothing but independant states before the arrival of the British.It only became "one"(against their will,which explains the sepratist movements all across "India" today.) when the British forced all of south asia to live as ONE COLONY. When they arrived,they used the term the ancient Greeks did to refer to south asia,but again the term meant NOTHING to the people of South Asia. Coming back to Urdu,your arguemnt that because it was simply born in what is today India,it automatically becomes "Indian". Let's make a similar arguemnt.The modern Turkish language evolved and now is spoken in Turkey,a country geographically located in Europe.SO by your arguement,your saying that Turkish should automatically gain the status of a European language just because it happens to evolve into what it is today in Europe.-LOL Sorry but reference to the Indus is staying in Pakistan's history article.We Pakistanis take more pride in our heritage than you people realise. Oh one last thing."educated Muhajirs"(???)I didnt know ALL muhajirs were educated.I wonder then,why 90% of Karachi(a predominantly Muhajir city)lives in poverty.Nadirali 01:40, 29 November 2006 (UTC)Nadirali
I agree on most views, posted by Anupam. Yup they are almost the same languages and both hindus and muslims should contribute towards the progress of South Asia by burying their old disputes. Hindus have to accept and adopt Urdu as it's their language also. As far as this user Nadir is concerned, I m shocked at his totally biased and negative thinking. Claiming himself as half muhajir ( by father's side, thus Urdu is not his mother lingo), he is trying to highjack the views of native Urdu speakers. I will not call myself a Muhajir as I m from the third generation. My grandparents were Muhajir though. I m a native Urdu speaker and I m very proud of it. This guy whose mother tongue is not Urdu is trying to malign our language and community in all ways. I respect his opinion though, as every one has the right of free speech, but he should observe some decency. For your kind info, Native urdu speakers (I will call Muhajirs as native Urdu speakers) are not in absolute majority in Karachi, they are around 60 pc of total population n also not 90 pc of karachi's population is poor. As far as literacy rate is concerned, yup Urdu speakers have the highest literacy rate in Pakistan. Even biased but educated non-Urdu speakers of Pakistan believe in that. So plz dont show the squalid bias of yours towards native Urdu speakers and also your narrow minded and extremly conservative approach. Realton 16:42, 29 November 2006 (UTC) Then why have they not used their "leteracy" to help Pakistan?And by the way Urdu is my native language.60% is still majority.Anything that goes beyond 50% is majority.It's too bad you suport MQM idealogyNadirali 06:27, 3 December 2006 (UTC)Nadirali
Thanks Anupam for seconding my opinion.You have made one mistake though, don call me Muhajir, Call me native Urdu speaker as I have already mentioned in my comments earlier. As far as this user Nadir is concerned, I don't think he is a native Urdu speaker. No native speaker is so much against his own linguistic group. He is definitely of other linguistic group, just posing as Urdu speaker and maligning our community. Also keep one thing in your mind guys that I am not a supporter of MQM, I am totally against this party. I can define myself as pro Urdu speakers but anti-MQM. Also Native Urdu speakers have played the greatest role in the building and progress of this country. Infact Pakistan is in "working" condition just because of the sacrifices and hard work of Urdu speakers. Plz don repeat your disgusting MQM rhetoric again in this regard as not all of Urdu speakers( of Pakistan) are pro MQM, but yup they are pro-Pakistan and pro-Peace. Realton 15:39, 4 December 2006 (UTC) That's not true.That's only a myth shared by Muhajirs and not by the people of Pakistan.What "progress" do you speak of?Look at Karachi before now look at it.Have you even been to Pakistan?Look i don't have to be agree with you just because I'm half muhajir.The "partician" of "India" is a misleading term easily proven by facts:
Another factual example is that Kazakhstan and Tajikistan were one country.The Soviet Union.The soviet union broke up,but it would be wrong to state that Tajikistan was "part" of Kazakhstan or to say that "Kazakhstan got divded" or make up so-called "academic" terms like "the partician of Kazakhstan". All these terms are made and promoted for political purposes,like the political purpose of diminishing Pakistan's culture,history and heritage.It's really the arguements of you two people.They are just mere illiusions arguing with what's reality.Consider it carefully as I'm basing my arguemnts on facts. Nadirali 08:16, 23 December 2006 (UTC) I am amazed by the attitute of Nadir Ali's apathy towards India and Indian History, and his desperateness to prove a point that Pakistan as a country had a distinct Culture (and existence!!) before the partition of India. And he specially likes to give example of divided Muslim or Muslim majority countries to compare with the division of INDIA. India might not have had an identity as a single country however it is the name of a landmass in South Asia much similar to Europe which is still not a distinct Country. Had Mughals didn't invade India, there would have been no Pakistan and no Urdu either. Kandhar would still have been Gandhar, Peshawar would have been Purushapura.'Sindhu' requires a special attention as it is still regarded as one of the holiest rivers of 'India'. History is a medium to acquire knowledge and should not be misused to state what one wants to believe in.
Indianin people are realy trying hard to change our history but no use :) well i ask them when did you guys start sapeking Farci or arabic or turkish word because i know that hindi is a old language.. the real thing is that ur TV and films has changed you u dont speak Urdu in a good way or cant say few words in a good sound... so i will request you to go back get your old language in which you are good at and its ur culture and history and im sure you will be good in it... and 2nd thing some one said that panjab was part of india and got divided... listen PANJ means 5 and AB means water or rivers in farci and urdu since panjab in pakistan has five rivers its name is Panjab and the little part which is now in inida its non-muslim and PANJAB is also part of C-Asia... I am not happy with urdu as a first language on Pakistan it should be Farci or turkish.... this was mugals used and farci which we used b4 english people came... regards fahad I'm not speaking to anyone in particular, but keep your squabbles out of the article, everyone. It's not enough to say that your opinion is based on facts. You need to have reputable citations. 74.78.98.109 (talk) 22:47, 20 April 2008 (UTC) [edit] Possible improvementsI copyedited the introduction of the article. Please take a look and feel free to improve it further. I think that article needs to be reorganized into a more standard/encyclopedic form, for instance see the section divisions used in French language, Japanese language. Comparing the article structure I don't think "Levels of Formality", "Politeness", "Urdu and Bollywood", "South Indian Urdu" and others need to be top-level sections (although their content should perhaps be retained). I also could not understand what the "Urdu Script" section (as opposed to the "Writing system" section) was meant to convey. If that is an opinion shared by other editors here, I would be happy to take a stab at reorganizing the article structure. Abecedare 10:37, 28 November 2006 (UTC) [edit] Need for a common "Hindustani" languageI think there is a great need for amalgamation of Hindi and Urdu into a single language. Both are almost the same languages. Unfortunately Urdu has suffered a lot as it's termed as muslim's language by hindus but on the other hand they speak the same lingo. Hindi and Urdu are basically same but have different scripts. The language of common man in hindi speaking states of India ( like U.P, M.P and Delhi) is more Urdu than hindi.Same is the case with bollywood. There is a dire need to de-persianize and de-sanskritize these languages and a common vocabulary should be implemented.It's present day India where Urdu was born and flourished but now the same country is making complete mess of it. The hindustani language should be promoted as it's the second largest language of this world with more than 500 million native speakers.Realton 16:24, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
True.Hindi and Urdu carry furthur more differences than scripts and religious words.No doubt the languages do carry striking similarities,just as Hebrew and Arabic,but it would be short-sighted to classify them as "the same" language.As for uniting Hindi and Urdu?I don't see what purpose this serves.And why should this new Hindi-Urdu language be "Hindustani"?That would be like combining Persian and Arabic to create "Iranian" Nadirali 20:27, 28 November 2006 (UTC)Nadirali
Yes I see it.But we wont allow that to happen and as long as people like us are around,it wont happen.Nadirali 21:51, 28 November 2006 (UTC)Nadirali K--D-Boy 22:30, 28 November 2006 (UTC) I disagree with Mr Szhaider views totally. The purpose of combining these two languages doesn't carry any negative aspirations. Also correct your history as Urdu was not invented by army of Babur, If that's the case then whats about the poetry of Amir Khusru, Who died centuries ago before Babur's invasion. Actually most narrow minded people start the same rhetoric of hindu and muslim identities. Urdu can be termed as islamic version of hindi. The language of western U.P and eastern haryana, i.e Khari boli is very similar to Urdu and is infact the base of Urdu. The hindi-Urdu conflict is just 150 years old. Most people just start conservative approach while posting their views but I respect your opinion though as my liberal and secular thinking binds me to do so. Regards Realton 16:28, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] SanskritIts really funny to see Arabic, Persian and Turkic mentioned as major influences on Urdu while leaving out the biggest influence of all, Sanskrit! For God's sake dont parade you servilke attitude towards Persians and Arabs on Wikipedia! When we say Hindi is Sanskritised Hindustani, we imply that its higher vocabulary is of Sanskrit origin, that doesnt take away the fact that Hindi and Urdu's basic vocabulary IS of Sanskritic origin. Thats why it is placed in Indo-Aryan languages language family. Image:England flag large.png अमेय आर्यन DaBroodey As is Persian:}
[edit] Revision!Referring to revision of 21:07, 29 November 2006 by Sarayuparin, I appreciate the enthusiasms but disagree with this particular change. If there is no political significance, then let's leave the order as it has been since 2004. If someone is really eager to contribute, there is enough room for improvement in the main text. --Islander 23:05, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Moreover,
Hence, ordering should naturally give preference to the country that gives the language a higher status. As in the case of Bengali you referred, according to the Infobox there, Bengali is:
Obviously the situation is that Bangla is the national language of Bangladesh, whereas it seems to have official status only in two Indian states. All Arabic and English speaking countries have given the respective languages more or less the similar national status. And if you look harder, you will discover that in neither case of the 'Official language' column do the country names appear in any strict alphabetical order. In fact the countries with minority language populations appear later. Even if I consider your suggestion of population ordering, Urdu seems to be spoken by around 5% of Indians (and is a minority language) whereas the ratio is higher in Pakistan (additionally, it is the lingua franca). And lastly, I am surprised at your concern on alphabetising the countries whereas the Indian state names themselves do not appear in accordance with your proposed ‘rational’ order? Also your edit summary pleads to “...keep the states listed in the Infobox in alphabetical order.” Mind you Pakistan is an independent country! --Islander 10:47, 30 November 2006 (UTC) Thanks, Islescape, for the explanation. Isn't Urdu spoken by only 8% of the Pakistani population? Does the higher status given to Urdu in Pakistan come from the government's support of it or can it be attributed to a more popular sentiment? If so, where: Balochistan and Sindh? Also, my use of states' refered to nations or countries, not administrative regions within these entities. The percentage of Urdu speakers in India is greater than 5%: the issue lies with the reporting of mother tongues in census records, speaker's own awareness of official classifications of languages they speak, and distinguishing 'dialect' variation. In any case, the justification of "higher prestige" in the listing of states (read: countries) is weak, but not significant enough to continue debating. Thank you for taking the time to give me your explanation. Sarayuparin 20:17, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Influence of Pashto on Urdu's DevelopmentWhile it is undeniable that Urdu was born and grew under the influence of Sansikrit, Persian, Arabic and Turki, the same cannot be said about Pashto. The influence of the former category of languages on literary Urdu is manifest and clear. I don't think you can find of significant traces of Pashto's influence, if any traces at all, on pre-20th century Urdu. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.3.207.51 (talk • contribs)
[edit] MuallaI dont think Mualla means society , it means something like exalted or esteemed . I guess somebody confused Mualla with Muhalla. 203.170.71.58 14:25, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Infobox display is skewedThe Infobox display is skewed. The reason is the IPA notice that is set in a div on the right side of the table. Is there a way to fix this? When the Indic text notice was there, it appeared below the ISO codes. Can we do the same for the IPA notice? Sarayuparin 20:32, 6 December 2006 (UTC) [edit] Request for a language sampleCould anyone who can read Urdu enter the first article of the Urdu version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and provide it with a transliteration and, if possible, even a word-to-word gloss? That would be very helpful for people not acquainted with the situation to understand the differences between Hindi and Urdu, as this sentence appears as a sample in the Hindi article. Thank you! --Daniel Bunčić (de wiki · talk · en contrib.) 07:40, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your quick action. The difference between the two texts is much bigger than I would have thought (cf. the differences between Croatian, Bosnian and Serbian in the same text). Is this due to the big differences in vocabulary, or are there just different formulations because of the translators' individual choices that would have been possible in the other language as well? --Daniel Bunčić (de wiki · talk · en contrib.) 17:04, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Sample TextsAs of now, we have two sample texts in the article (here and here. Is it worth keeping both or should we delete one of them? Another idea involves moving the latter sample to the section on Urdu poetry. Any comments on this matter would be appreciated. With regards, AnupamTalk 18:44, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Number of speakers in PakistanAccording to The World Factbook of CIA, Pakistan's population is 165.8 million, and only 8% speak Urdu, which equals to about 13 million people. According to the article, 160 million Pakistanis speak Urdu. Quite a discrepancy here! I say, for me the trustworthiness of information I get from Wikipedia has just gone way down... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.149.184.142 (talk) 19:22, 18 March 2007 (UTC). Read it again. It says native speakers. Only 13 million people may speak Urdu as a native toungue, but due to its status as a national language everyone can speak it. Yes it is mother language for 13 million people in pakistan but virtually it is spoken almost by everyone as second language because it is the lingua france for the people of different regions of pakistan to communicate with one another. [edit] Link FarmIs this article a link farm? A load of links and will take a while for anybody to check and remove irrelevant ones. I will do it a while later. --Webkami 21:58, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Link to researchIt says here that research has been done that shows Urdu is a carrier of "Islamic literature" second only to Arabic. What research is this? Shouldn't this require footnotes? 142.157.6.37 06:15, 24 June 2007 (UTC)BDB Since no one has responded to this, I'm going to take off the claims since they are unverified. I'm also putting a "citation needed" beside the claim that religious literature in Urdu outnumbers other South Asian languages. 142.157.6.30 01:10, 6 July 2007 (UTC)BDB [edit] Urdu NumbersI couldn't find a separate Urdu numbers section on Wikipedia. Also, on http://en.wikipedia.org/description/Arabic_numbers under the section "Evolution of symbols", the "Eastern Arabic Indic Urdu/Persian" isn't exactly what we use in Urdu. Also, the number grouping that we use in Urdu is not exactly the same as in Hindi ( http://en.wikipedia.org/description/Indian_numbering_system ), right? --Zybez 15:50, 4 July 2007 (UTC) [edit] Need Urdu scriptCan someone please add the Urdu script at Red Mosque? Badagnani 07:32, 5 July 2007 (UTC) Image:Http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/3614/92426350dl2.gif==Junk linguistics== I've just removed:
The writer probably meant African American Vernacular English. Yes, AAVE allows the coinage of words. So does any other lect of English. So does standard English. So, I presume, does any lect of Urdu, of course including standard Urdu. AAVE is not reflective of the relaxed attitude of the people who speak it. It's a rule based language. Please consult any good book (written by a linguist, of course) about AAVE: I recommend Lisa Green's African American English. -- Hoary 07:05, 31 July 2007 (UTC) [edit] Slang wordsIs there information on urdu slang words ? Perhaps there should be a section/article on this. Does anyone know what the word 'parki' or 'parkhi' means (not sure if it's slang) ? Thanks. MP (talk•contribs) 08:59, 3 August 2007 (UTC) [edit] Pakistan ScoutingCan someone help render Almustaid (Be Prepared), the Scout Motto, into Urdu script? Thanks! Chris 06:23, 13 August 2007 (UTC) [edit] Most Used WordsI have personally read many articles and found that ka is along with its other variants ki, kay and ko is the most common or used word in Urdu. I was in search of the most common words but could not find. I will be very thankful if some body write the other words. Khalid Mahmood —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Khalid Mahmood (talk • contribs) 06:37:45, August 19, 2007 (UTC). [edit] need wordsCan someone come up with good examples of ʈ, ɖ, ɽ in Urdu words that Brits and Yanks might be familiar with, to illustrate the examples at Help:IPA pronunciation key? Thanks. kwami 18:04, 3 November 2007 (UTC) [edit] this is flaseUrdu is spoken in places where there are large Muslim minorities (in India) Actually, no. West Bengal is 25% muslim and assam is 29% muslim. none of them speak urdu. Huh? Lakshadweep is 95% muslim, all of them speak malayalam. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.227.156.156 (talk) 11:41, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Can someone add Urdo as a redirection?can you please make it so that when you type "urdo" it redirects you to urdu?Obaidz96 (talk) 23:59, 13 February 2008 (UTC) [edit] Added dubious tag - bad speakers countI added 3 dubious tags to relevant areas in the info box. It claims 130m native speakers, while the "rankings by speakers" page claims 60m. It claims 270m total speakers, while the rankings by speakers, which is sourced, claims 104m total as a maximum, with 60m as a lower end. It claims a near tie with Italian and Turkish - yet there are no sources that claim either 130m Italian/Turkish native speakers, or even less 270m total speakers for these. I'm not sure what to believe, but I think it it best to keep the dubious tag until this is sorted, rather than to mislead. Althena (talk) 05:40, 21 February 2008 (UTC) [edit] PinjariCan someone please describe Pinjari. What is it? Where is it spoken? etc... Ahassan05 (talk) 05:51, 6 March 2008 (UTC)ahassan05 [edit] Contradiction in articleThe last paragraph in "Urdu and Hindi" reads: it is said that Indian Bollywood films are made in "Hindi", but the language used in most of them is Urdu. This is clearly contradicted in the very next section, "Urdu and Bollywood." Please fix! Thank you. Softlavender (talk) 09:18, 18 March 2008 (UTC) [edit] Urdu Speakers in IndiaI made the following edit because as per the reference given, India only had 48,062,000, (which makes around 4.5% of the population) as per 1997. To make it easier as there's a long list on the initial reference page, click here. I'm not sure how the initial 200mil+ figure was arrived at; but it is certainly incorrect. If the figure was arrived by adding the number of Hindi and Urdu speakers together, it is an extremely inaccurate way of tabulating. This is because, the list represents the number of Native Urdu speakers. How can native Hindi speakers be Native Urdu speakers? The two languages are considered different! --Flexijane (talk) 18:40, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Hindi/Standard Hindi/Khariboli/Urdu etcRequest editors of this article to comment on this message:Talk:Hindustani language#Hindi/Standard Hindi/Khariboli/Urdu etc --Deepak D'Souza (talk • contribs) 18:54, 25 June 2008 (UTC) [edit] 8% population of Afghanistan speak Urdu?In the article there is written......... " Afghanistan (320,000, 8%) " How is it possible? Any source for it? There are no Urdu speakers in Afghanistan. I am an Afghan Pathan. I can understand and speak Urdu, but when needed. I don't speak it as my native language. I speak Pashto, but when I talk to Urdu speakers then I speak Urdu. So saying that 8% population of Afghanistan speaks Urdu is 100% incorrect. I would request you to correct this and provide sources, otherwise remove it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.102.16.67 (talk) 04:43, 27 July 2008 (UTC) [edit] Urdu script neededUrdu scrip needed at Shan Masala. Badagnani (talk) 17:27, 1 August 2008 (UTC) [edit] Wrong info!Urdu is not the official language of State Governments of Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. As far as I know regarding Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu I'm sure. Concerned editors, please revert back the changes done or provide citations. Thanks, --VinodSBangera (talk) 15:35, 8 September 2008 (UTC) Página espejo de la WikipediaDirectorio de Enlaces Directorio dmoz Directorio espejo dmoz Pedro Bernardo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
