110: Cultural Post # 3

Formality and Informality in Target Language:

Urdu in its less formalized.If a word is of Persian or Arabic origin, the level of speech is considered to be more formal and grand in Urdu. In addition, if Persian or Arabic  grammar constructs, such as the izafat, are used in Urdu, the level of speech is also considered more formal and grand.And usually the degree of formality and informality is signaled by other consonant clusters, by derivative suffixes, borrowed encephalitic and certain types of function words.

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