Are there any differences between Urdu and Hindi grammatically or phonetically? Thanks.
Hindi and Urdu
they're two completely different languages.
Are you sure. Which are the main differences?
Are you sure. Which are the main differences?
I think they're dialects of the same language Hindustani, similar to Brazilian/European Portuguese.
Correct me if I'm wrong though, I'm no expert.
Correct me if I'm wrong though, I'm no expert.
Sorry for posting about a topic I'm not sure about but as far as I know Hindi and Urdu are the same language with the exception that Hindi uses the Devanagari alphabet and Urdu uses the Arabic alphabet and is influenced by Arabic since it's spoken by Pakistanis after India split into Pakistan and India. Once I asked my boss if I could greet him with "Namaste" and he said NO because he's a muslim but of course he knows what that means.
Cheers!!!
Cheers!!!
Hindi and Urdu are fast becoming popular ain Spain and Hispanic America.
Hindi and Urdu are fast becoming popular in Spain and Hispanic America.
Sorry, I always assumed they were different - I've heard people say 'I know Hindi and Urdu'. I stand corrected!
<<"Namaste" >>
I believe this is a Hindu/Buddhist religious greeting. So it's not a linguistic thing necessarily, but religious. I think it means "I bow in submission".
It's akin to saying "May the Lord God richly bless and keep you" to a professed atheist.
I believe this is a Hindu/Buddhist religious greeting. So it's not a linguistic thing necessarily, but religious. I think it means "I bow in submission".
It's akin to saying "May the Lord God richly bless and keep you" to a professed atheist.
Hindi and Urdu are two forms of the same language .Urdu has more borrowings from Farsi and Arabic.
Urdu is not corrupted Hindi.
Actually it's still under controversy whether Urdu appeared before Hindi or after Hindi.
Some Marathi people told me that one of the main differences between Hindi and Marathi is that there are more Farsi and Arabic words in Hindi, like Urdu, while there are more Sanskrit words in Marathi language.
And I have ever read some easy Middle-Hindi poems, finding that there were many Farsi words in Middle-Hindi, while in old Hindi,the words were basically Sanskrit-original. So it's very hard to say Urdu and Hindi,which appeared earlier. But it's clear that none is corrupted.
Actually it's still under controversy whether Urdu appeared before Hindi or after Hindi.
Some Marathi people told me that one of the main differences between Hindi and Marathi is that there are more Farsi and Arabic words in Hindi, like Urdu, while there are more Sanskrit words in Marathi language.
And I have ever read some easy Middle-Hindi poems, finding that there were many Farsi words in Middle-Hindi, while in old Hindi,the words were basically Sanskrit-original. So it's very hard to say Urdu and Hindi,which appeared earlier. But it's clear that none is corrupted.
They are grammatically similar. A person who knows Hindi will understand Urdu and vice versa. Urdu uses lots of words borrowed from Farsi and Arabic, Hindi comes directly from Sanskrit. The scripts though are very different. In my opinion Urdu sounds very formal and slightly pretentious as they retain all the long Farsi words, while Hindi has modified and shortened most of the long Sanskrit words, making it sound more colloquial and informal.