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Yes I meant that but I actually don't know what I wrote....can you please translate it for me !
Urdu & Persian are not just similar...Urdu was born out of the amalgamation of largely Persian, some local languages, Arabic, Turkic & some other Central Asian Languages !
Urdu is a created language & one that ever evolves - That is its strength !
Perhaps 60-70 years ago most of the educated people here had more than a working knowledge of Persian ! All 4 of my Grandparents knew Persian even if they lived nearly a 1000 km from Iran !
Pakistan's National Poet-Philosopher wrote more in Persian than he did in Urdu & some of his best works are in the Persian Language !
I dont think urdu is similar to persian/arabic/turkish... its like a pizza with 'hindustani' base and persian/arabic/turkish toppings..
Most urdu speakers can understand quite a lot of increasingly sanskritized hindi... but they will struggle to understand any of those languages... coz they mostly borrowed words for vocab..