The Urdu language

Spoken as the National Language of Pakistan, Urdu has a very rich, diverse and colorful past with an equally buoyant future, God be willing.

The birth of Urdu language took place about some 900 years ago when Muslim armies of Arab, Turkish and Persian descent gathered and marched all across the South East Asian region with the quest of spreading Islam in the region.

The word Urdu comes from a Turkish word “Ordu” meaning “an army”, “a camp” or “a legion”, evident enough of its origin.

Although it was well into existence but it became widespread with the advent of Mughal Emperors in the era (around early sixteenth century) who used it as a means of communication to run the business of their expanding empires in the region.

Soon it gained a wide spread popularity amongst masses and was declared the language of courts by the emperors of the day, thus serving to the rise and development of Urdu in the region.

It is rightly attributed as a live language as it has the amazing ability of adopting and adopting diction and words from regional languages, always on evolution, making it a highly resilient one.

It quickly gains widespread acceptance amongst general masses due to its flexible and moulding nature.

Other than being national language of Pakistan, Urdu is spoken almost all across the globe with the total of about 600 to 700 million of people choosing it as their language of choice.

One of the most important reasons for the advent of Urdu has been its rich and diverse literary contribution that keeps luring masses to maintain their interest in Urdu.

Justifying its glorious past Urdu is still on the road to development taking fourth place amongst the most widely spoken languages after Mandarian, English and Spanish.