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It's not that simple, as far as I know Hindi and Urdu are effectively the same language when spoken, with some small divergences but use a different character s
by Alphasite_ 11y ago
It's not that simple, as far as I know Hindi and Urdu are effectively the same language when spoken, with some small divergences but use a different character set. How would regard that?
- maaku 11y agoAs the same language. I believe it is uncontroversial among linguists to regard spoken Hindi and Urdu as regional dialects of the same language. Their writing systems are radically different, of course.
- mkaziz 11y agoDepends on how colloquial you get. For fornal/poetic use, they are vastly different.
- olavk 11y agoI don't believe linguists consider the writing system as part of the language as such. Multiple languages have shifted writing systems for convenience or political reasons without the language itself changing.