Hello John, John McCreesh a écrit : > > A bit off-topic, but I couldn't resist asking. I was doing some research > on the most popular languages in the world and came across this: >
No, it really is not :-) > "Hindi/Urdu > > "Hindi and Urdu are essentially the same language. In Pakistan, Hindi is > modified and written in Arabic script, whereas in India, it is written > in the Devanagari script and called Hindi. Combined, 600 million human > beings speak Hindi." > > Is this correct? > I cannot speak for our Indian and Pakistanese friends, but this is what I've heard: Indeed Urdu stems from Hindi but the two have evolved differently and not just in their scripts; Urdu got influences from languages other than Hindi (like Sindhi, Arabic, etc...) so the two are much more different than two dialects... Best, Charles. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
