Native language: Urdu
Urdu is written from right to left in a script that is similar to Arabic and Persian. But unlike Arabic, there are almost no diacritics in Urdu. Which makes it less complicated. Even with that many similarities someone who speaks Urdu cannot (fully) understand Arabic and Persian.
Urdu:
(Knowledge said to me, Love is madness; Love said to me, Knowledge is calculation)
Arabic:
Urdu and Hindi have different scripts but apart from specialized vocabulary, Urdu is mutually intelligible with standard Hindi. Colloquially there are numerous similarities between the two.
Urdu has many Sanskrit influences; most verbs have their roots in Sanskrit.
(Top:Hindi, bottom: Urdu)
It's said that the name Urdu is derived from the Turkish language. However, the word Urdu (which means ‘camp’ or ‘army’ in Turkish) is hardly ever used in this sense in the Urdu language. Turkish borrowings in Urdu are also minimal. Hence is a matter of debate among linguists. (Language: Urdu and the borrowed words)
Many English words are used in Urdu as they are and this combination is called ‘Urdish’.
All in all, it's pretty lenient.
Edit: Here's the Urdu keyboard:
The return says “new line”.
The accents are many but not used commonly.
The Urdu numbers are different too. The dot which is a little bigger is a zero. The full stops is almost like a hypen (۔) and the comma is towards the text (،) just like the question mark.
Read other related questions on Quora:
- If you're both isolated, what's the best way to learn to communicate with someone who doesn't speak your language?
- Does it offend you if someone speaks slower because they think you cannot comprehend their language?
- How can you describe 'being cool' to someone who doesn't speak English?
from Quora http://ift.tt/2fMrDND
No comments:
Post a Comment