The Hindi-Urdu Question
Urdu and Hindi are generally held to be two distinct languages in popular opinion. And, indeed, viewed through the narrow sociolinguistic lens, there is no arguing that these are two distinct languages. However, what about linguists at large? Do they agree?
Much work on addressing this issue has already been done. So, instead of re-inventing the wheel, allow me to simply borrow from existing work and synthesize it in this post. This post remains a work-in-progress and will continue to be updated and augmented as and when I get the opportunity to do so.
Urdu and Hindi are generally held to be two distinct languages in popular opinion. And, indeed, viewed through the narrow sociolinguistic lens, there is no arguing that these are two distinct languages. However, what about linguists at large? Do they agree?
Much work on addressing this issue has already been done. So, instead of re-inventing the wheel, allow me to simply borrow from existing work and synthesize it in this post. This post remains a work-in-progress and will continue to be updated and augmented as and when I get the opportunity to do so.
