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Tracing the Boundaries Between Hindi and Urdu
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This book sheds light on the complex relationship between Hindi and Urdu. Through a detailed reading of a representative set of 20th century short stories in bo
Urdu/Hindi: An Artificial Divide
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Authors: Abdul Jamil Khan
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The lingua franca of the Indo-Pakistani people is one language, claims Khan, called Hindi when written in Nagari and Urdu when written in Arabic. He says it is
Negotiating Languages
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Authors: Walter N. Hakala
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-08-30 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

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Prior to the nineteenth century, South Asian dictionaries, glossaries, and vocabularies reflected a hierarchical vision of nature and human society. By the turn
The Hindi Public Sphere 1920–1940
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Authors: Francesca Orsini
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This book analyses how a language became the instrument with which the contours of a new nation were traced. Mapping the success of formalized Hindi in creating