Re: Arabic influence on local langauges of Pakistan
That is a logical thinking considering the area was first conquered by Arabs. But this logic is not proved from the literature and the language. Sanskrit words forms majority of Sindhi vocabulary used in texts and literature. I was vetting a book on ‘Language used in Shah Latif’s poetry’ and there were just 10% Arabic words and that too parts of verses of Quran in most cases. Otherwise, its all pure Sindhi words including sanskrit words to great extent. But the problem with Shah’s poetry is he intentionally rebelled against the norm of writing in Persian and Arabic (which was with other poets of the era) and the reason why he is loved in Sindh is he used the langauge which was spoken by masses and not court language.