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Urdu is a great language i don't think it faces any danger of becoming extinct. Ghazals which are very popular in India and Pakistan are mostly in Urdu,Didn't Obama say some where that he is also a fan of Urdu poetry. Pakistani's don't speak Hindi as much as Indians speak Urdu, right? So i don't think there is any imminent threat to Urdu, if we can improve economy and infrastructure, it will consolidate the influence of Urdu
Hello fellows.
Time to Save Urdu ?
English in Pakistan has now become a status symbol , people specially our young fellows take pride in speaking fluent English which is admireable considering the English is an International Language and a wider source to communicate to each other over the internet and sharing knowledge.
But what about our National language ???
I see my fellows speak a considerable amount of english words while speaking Urdu or as we refer to it the term "Gulabi urdu" & they when asked about the Urdu equallent of that English term , all you hear is a giggle isn't it a shame really !
Many of our students are quite bad at Urdu and score minimum marks in this subject and consider urdu as a useless subject to study.
Moreover to make things even worse , our national media has adopted this culture and now no one speaks clear urdu on news neither on urdu talk shows.
Everyone tends to speak english even in Urdu programs for some unknown reasons , ain't we going into a state of inferiority complex ?
Some internet sources rate urdu as the 19th biggest language in the world even when Pakistan is the 6th Biggest country in the world.
It shows that our national language is not safe, considering that the 3rd largest source of islamic knowledge is in urdu it becomes much important and urgent to take timely massures to help our National language.
This is a dillema faced by many other countries ie Germany here is an example.
Conservatives Want German Language Protected in Constitution | Germany | Deutsche Welle | 02.12.2008
Members please give suggessions on how we can save our national language.
"Be Pakistani , speak Urdu."
Thanks: BB
there is no threat to urdu, its a living language and yes like every living language undergoing evolution.(evolution is sign of life) so no need to worry.
there are millions in Pakistan,india and Bangladesh who speak urdu
A language will loses its status if it doesnt have an official backing, i mean proper backing. it will eventually lose everything if it remains the langauge of street. For now it might be OK, but what happens to it in 200 years time? People will probably be ashamed of speaking it. And what type of langauge would it be if less than half Urdo and more than half other langauges.
And what type of langauge would it be if less than half Urdo and more than half other langauges.
Not only in school/college levels, but very importantly in Universities.
It will be an amazing language because a lot more people would be able to understand each other. And that's the purpose of language, to communicate.
The phenomenon is called evolution. We can't cling on to our past. Look at English. It is one of the most transformed languages over the years. It has evolved so that many more people can understand and communicate with each other.
I for one would love it if a hybrid language could be made. Already there are too many problems in the world because people do not understand each other....
that is the problem... we hardly have any thing in urdu when it comes to higher education institutions.. i myself is a example.... till i was in higher secondary we used to write in urdu to some extent. but after that i have just almost forgot how to write in urdu... although i daily read urdu news papers . Our education systems and specially the private schools hardly give any importance to urdu... kids now a days don't even know about urdu counting... if you ask them to pronounce numbers in urdu they hardly get to 10 which is a shame but thats what they are being taught in private schools.
So one thing that needs to be done is to have same curriculum throughtout pakistan for all types of schools, specially private sectors schools and atleast general subjects should be taught in urdu.. and science subjects should be in english.
O Come on guys! Lets be BRUTALLY HONEST
We need to have a command in English for reasons that I donot have to explain.
As far as urdu is concerned, I donot care even if it becomes extinct perhaps in 100 to 150 years from now.
For me, language has no PATRIOTIC DIMENSION to it. Language is used for communication and people will communicate in a language that suits them, whether this is URDU, ENGLISH or a language of ALIENS from another planet.
Trust me that language will be nameless and wont be understood by anyone. It wont be English, it wont be persian, it wont be Urdo.
It is spoken by many people because 1-they have had strong language policy for centuries. 2-they have been economic power. 3-they have had political power. 4-they have had the knowledge of science etc and some other reasons.
Pakistanis and indians understand each other very well, but they are each others' fierce enemy.