SDLC-110-Week One Learning Activity

[Susan Jelanizada-سوسن]

I met with my language partner on the second week, but we talked a little about the history of Urdu, the alphabet and some introduction on which countries speak this language. 

Our plan is to focus more on conversations, and literature. 

[Global Studio]

Thank you for the response.  What an interesting history!

[Susan Jelanizada-سوسن]

Here is what I found from one of the resources about the history of Urdu.

"Upon the conquest of the lands past the Indus, the Muslim armies gathered and prepared for their battles.  The strength of the communication between them could be the determinant of their fate.  Thus was laid the foundations of the Urdu language.  It began with Muhammad bin Qasim, the Arab who entered what is now Pakistan proclaiming the message of the One God and his final messenger in the 700’s CE.  For the next thousand years many Arab, Persian, and Turkish armies conquered the region; some for worldly gains and others who sought benefit in the life to come.  A language that constituted all languages that came into power came to be known as ‘Urdu’, meaning camp, referring to history of the language how it came to existence through the army camps or as Rekhta (ریختہ), meaning molded or mixed. "

[Global Studio]

Can you tell me something about the history of Urdu?