Abstract
There has been a myriad of theories on the origin, beginning and development of the Urdu language. Among the scholars who propounded theories on the issue, more prominent are Hafiz Mahmood Khan Sherani (1880-1946), Syed Mohiuddin Qadri Zor (1905-1962) and Masood Hussain Khan (1919-2010). This paper presents the views of these three scholars on the issue and stresses the fact that, according to Masood Hussain Khan, Urdu was not born in Punjab but it developed from the dialects spoken in and around Delhi during the new era of the Indo-Aryan languages spanning from 11th to 12th centuries AD.
Author(s):
Dr. Mirza Khalil Ahmed Baig
AuthorProfessor (Rtd) Department of Urdu, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
India
Details:
| Type: | Article |
| Volume: | 89 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Language: | Urdu |
| Id: | 5df21d8254ac1 |
| Pages | 7 - 24 |
| Discipline: | Arts & Humanities |
| Published | September 28, 2016 |
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