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What was the linguistic dispute that arose in 19th century colonial India?
What was the linguistic dispute that arose in 19th century colonial India?
- Whether Hindi and Urdu are mutually intelligible as spoken languages
- The choice between spoken Hindi and spoken Urdu as the national language
- Whether Modern Standard Hindi or Standard Urdu should be chosen as a national language (correct)
- The selection of Devanagari or Arabic script for writing Hindi–Urdu
What are the respective writing systems used to write Hindi and Urdu?
What are the respective writing systems used to write Hindi and Urdu?
- Persianized variant for Hindi and Devanagari for Urdu
- Devanagari for Hindi and modified Arabic script for Urdu (correct)
- Modified Arabic script for both Hindi and Urdu
- Devanagari for both Hindi and Urdu
Which of the following statements about Modern Standard Hindi and Urdu is true?
Which of the following statements about Modern Standard Hindi and Urdu is true?
- They are considered to be dialects of a single spoken language together referred to as Hindi–Urdu
- They emerged during the Delhi Sultanate in South Asia
- They are completely unintelligible as spoken languages
- They are literary forms of the Dehlavi dialect of Hindustani (correct)
During which historical periods did a Persianized variant of Hindustani begin to take shape?
During which historical periods did a Persianized variant of Hindustani begin to take shape?
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What were the lingua franca across much of India during historical periods?
What were the lingua franca across much of India during historical periods?
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Linguistic Dispute in 19th Century Colonial India
- A linguistic dispute arose in 19th century colonial India, centered around Hindi and Urdu.
Writing Systems of Hindi and Urdu
- Hindi is written in the Devanagari script.
- Urdu is written in the Nastaliq script.
Modern Standard Hindi and Urdu
- Modern Standard Hindi and Urdu are mutually intelligible languages, differing primarily in their writing systems and vocabularies.
Evolution of Hindustani
- A Persianized variant of Hindustani began to take shape during the Mughal Empire (1526-1756) and the Delhi Sultanate (1206-1526).
- This variant of Hindustani was influenced by Persian, Arabic, and Turkish languages.
Lingua Franca of India
- Hindustani, a variant of Hindi and Urdu, was the lingua franca across much of India during the Mughal Empire and the British colonial period.
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