We offer three years of basic instruction in Urdu, providing a solid foundation in the written and spoken styles of the language. Hindi is also offered in the Department of Asian Languages and Literature. Hindi is a sister language to Urdu, written in the Devanagari script and drawing upon the rich cultural and linguistic resources of Sanskrit and Prakrit. In its official style, Urdu is written in a modified form of Perso-Arabic script. Important Urdu literary figures in more recent times include Muhammad Iqbal (c.1877-1938), the national poet of Pakistan, and Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911-1984). The renowned poets Quli Qutub Shah (1581-1611), Vali Muhammad Vali (1667-c.1725), Mir Taqi Mir (c.1723-1810), Assadullah Khan 'Ghalib' (1797-1869) wrote in literary varieties of Urdu. Urdu is among the most important literary and cultural languages of Asia, with a rich literary tradition that has been written in both the modern standard language and in earlier dialects. Beyond South Asia, millions of people speak varieties of Urdu in communities worldwide Shehla tells him that Urdu poetry (gazal) is written in very easy language, using the Hindi words for easy (saral) language (bh) (Reza 2010: 30). It is the official language of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and is one of the officially recognized national languages of India, where it has concentrations of speakers in several Indian states. Urdu is one of the major languages of the South Asian subcontinent. Hows and Whys: Guidelines for the Japanese Literature Ph.D.Hows and Whys: Guidelines for the Japanese Linguistics Ph.D.Hows and Whys: Guidelines for the Chinese Ph.D.

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