"Nathaniel Ament-Stone" <natcas@linkline.com> wrote in message
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> I've heard so many conflicting stories about these two. Here are the
> major ones.
>
> First argument: They are one and the same, just written differently
> and split because of politics and religion.
>
> Second argument: They are similar, but written in different scripts,
> with different grammars and drastically different vocabulary (Hindi
> from Sanskrit and Urdu from Persian and Arabic)
>
> Third argument: They have nothing in common and cannot understand each
> other.
>
> What is it??? Are they mutually intelligible or do they have no
> relation? Are they one in the same? What's the degree of difference?
> I'm really confused because I can't get the same answer from anybody.
>
second, though the separation seems to be widening as Hindi accumulates
more words from Sanskrit, and Urdu from Persian/Arabic.
> Nathaniel
>
> BTW: What's the word for "peace" in "pure", Khari Boli Hindi? I'm
> guessing it's "salaam" in Urdu due to the Arabic influence.
shaanti
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