Ismail Merchant’s Quotes on Urdu

Very few people know that a number of unexpected Urdu enthusiasts support the language. Ismail Merchant is one of them. The Urdu language is indebted to Ismail Merchant for his following two quotes on Urdu.

1. Urdu cannot die out because it has very strong roots in Persia. The language itself is not only just the language of the Muslims, but it's also the language of the Hindus. Ismail Merchant
2. A few words of Hindi appear here or there, but it's all Urdu. I feel that if the popular culture, which is what Hindi films are, uses Urdu, it's not going to diminish. Ismail Merchant

In the two quotes that are mentioned above, Ismail merchant has made many strong points. These points really matter due to the persona and accomplishments of Ismail Merchant. Ismail Merchant was a highly accomplished person in every sense of the word accomplished. Therefore, for this very reason, his quotes on Urdu matter a lot. Ismail Merchant made the following points about Urdu.

• Urdu language is a universal language.
  
• Urdu language is not limited to a particular group of people. In fact, different groups of people having different cultures and different faiths speak it.
  
• The influence of Urdu cannot be undermined. It emerges from Persian which itself is a very strong language. In fact, due to that there is no possibility that Urdu is going to die.
  
• There is no credibility to the Urdu Hindi fight because of the very reasons that both are two names of the same language.