Urdu can not die out because it has very strong roots in Persia. The language itself is not only just the language of the Muslims, but it's also the language of the Hindus.
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I speak Urdu quite a lot, too, and I read a lot of Persian.
A few words of Hindi appear here or there, but it's all Urdu. I feel that if the popular culture, which is what Hindi films are, uses Urdu, it's not going to diminish.
I feel French is very close to Urdu. Both languages are beautiful. Sadly, their beauty is lost in translation.
I am most familiar with the Gujarati language.
I went through a phase of reading lots of Urdu poetry, thanks to the great transliterated versions that have become available.
I know one thing: There are a billion Islamic people in the world today, and there will be about 2 billion by the time we're dead. They're not going to give up their religion.
Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating, disgraceful, helpless death.
It is interesting that Nehru fought and kept saying that if you break India into languages, there is no end to it.
I speak Hindi fluently because my mother speaks only in Hindi and Urdu.
The more languages you know, the less likely you are to become a terrorist.
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