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In Sunnistan, Urdu has official status as the 'Language of the People.' It is markedly more Arabicized than its Navi Bharati counterpart. | In Sunnistan, Urdu has official status as the 'Language of the People.' It is markedly more Arabicized than its Navi Bharati counterpart. | ||
| − | In [[ | + | In [[The Lightning Star|Carthage/The Lightning Star]], it is also a major language. Carthaginian Urdu is as different to mainstream Urdu as you can get without it being another language altogether. Due to the fact that Carthaginian Refugees had been hiding in what is modern-day Punjab since the 200 B.C.E's, it is heavily influenced by Punic. When Arabic became the offical language of Carthage in 1503 C.E., the language also became heavily influenced by Arabic. It is written in Phoenician script, although most Urdu speakers can read it in Farsi script as well. |
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Revision as of 15:06, 4 June 2005
Urdu is the main official language of Sunnistan, and the second most commonly spoken language in Navi Bharat and the main language of the Muslim population. Urdu is very similar and structure and vocabulary to Hindi, altough having a great many more borrowings from Arabic and Persian. Ethnic mixing in Navi Bharat has reached a stage where the line between Hindi and Urdu is heavily blurred, and many government officials are pushing to officially merge them into one language. However, the Navi Bharati Muslim population objects to this.
In Sunnistan, Urdu has official status as the 'Language of the People.' It is markedly more Arabicized than its Navi Bharati counterpart.
In Carthage/The Lightning Star, it is also a major language. Carthaginian Urdu is as different to mainstream Urdu as you can get without it being another language altogether. Due to the fact that Carthaginian Refugees had been hiding in what is modern-day Punjab since the 200 B.C.E's, it is heavily influenced by Punic. When Arabic became the offical language of Carthage in 1503 C.E., the language also became heavily influenced by Arabic. It is written in Phoenician script, although most Urdu speakers can read it in Farsi script as well.
