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Urdu is a major language of South Asia

Urdu is a major language of South Asia spoken by more than 100 million people. It is not only national language of Pakistan but Urdu is also one of two official languages of Pakistan. The word Urdu has a Turkish origin which means 'camp'. It was formulated by the interaction of foreign army, merchants and immigrants to India. Urdu established under Persian, Arabic and Turkic influence over the course of almost 900 years. Urdu involves numerous elements of Arabic as well as Persian; its vocabulary contains approximately 50% Farsi and the rest being a mix of Arabic and Turkish. It also derives some matter from Sanskrit. In recent times; Urdu has absorbed many English and Hindi terms following the effects of globalization. The language is versatile and has the potential to expand and grow to fulfill the needs of modern times Urdu Language IN PAKISTAN Pakistan was built on firm grounds with Urdu to remain as the language of prestige and greatest articulacy. URDU is used in educati...