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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.

I speak Hindi fluently because my mother speaks only in Hindi and Urdu.

I went through a phase of reading lots of Urdu poetry, thanks to the great transliterated versions that have become available.

I speak Farsi, German, Dari, and I understand Turkish, but I haven't used it since 1985, so I'm a bit rusty.

I speak, Hindi, English, and American. I'm trilingual.

I'm a Persian Jew, and we don't speak Hebrew.

But my Arabic is pretty good. It's good enough to have conversations with people, to understand what they say, to understand what they're feeling.

I feel French is very close to Urdu. Both languages are beautiful. Sadly, their beauty is lost in translation.

The language of the land in the Parthian empire was the native language of Iran. There is no trace pointing to any foreign language having ever been in public use under the Arsacids.