My kid speaks and understands pretty good urdu although the accent is a bit english za’da. What about the generation after that? Will our kids teach their mother tongue to their children? Will it be important enough for them the way our generation (atleast most people I know think it is) thought it was?
Is Urdu going to be there by generation 4??? I have a very hard time believing it will be. What are your thoughts on this?
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Are you teaching your kids how to read/write in urdu?
Are you going to provide them urdu literature to explore in their lives?
Are you going to teach them that Urdu is what they need to keep passing to next generations?
Most of the times, a common answer for the above questions is NO...
Then, question is will urdu survive by the generation 4?
Common Answer: NO
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generation 4 of people in US and Uk etc, more than likely.
but otherwise urdu aint going nowhere.
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^X2,
that's right.
I forgot to add this concerns people outside Pakistan.
it's a matter of how parents pass on urdu to the 3rd generation......if parents show the importance of knowing the language then and only then can the children pass it on to their children
I've seen many parents here who make the mistake of not speaking urdu at home with their children from the start and then later on they complain of how their children can't speak urdu
it boils down to how the parents perceive urdu and how they pass it on to the children
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in pakistan as well, quite sadly, many private high standard schools dont pay attention to Urdu at all. And I have seen people who speak far far angrezi, and they proudly tell others that they were/are really bad at Urdu in school.
i am sure it will. in schools urdu and islamic studies are only in urdu and wat i noticed is that teachers take pride in teaching english subjects than urdu and kids are asked to communcate in English not urdu.
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u think english will replace urdu in 4 generations in pakistan?
wow..
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urdu replaced hindi in hindi movie.
but ya i do have a lot of problems myself…but trust me the more i am losing grip over it the more i am getting close to it.
i made me nephew to talk me in urdu..n they look sho cute when they talk in pathan urdu :jano:
My kid speaks and understands pretty good urdu although the accent is a bit english za'da. What about the generation after that? Will our kids teach their mother tongue to their children? Will it be important enough for them the way our generation (atleast most people I know think it is) thought it was?
Is Urdu going to be there by generation 4??? I have a very hard time believing it will be. What are your thoughts on this?
GEYSOOAA URDU ABHI MINNAT PAZEER SHA'NA HAI !
Shama’ yeh sodaai Dil sozi-e-Parvaana hai. :halo:
Jo Shaakh-e-Naazuk pe bannaY gaa aashiyaana, naa paayedaar hogaa 
I reckon it will disappear. Kind of like speaking Punjabi did. It’s sad that Punjabi speaking people are too embarrassed to teach thier children Punjabi or even admit that they are Punjabi speaking themselves. Everyone wants to be an Urdu these days.
I love the fact that I cant speak Urdu and nor do I try. 
Sadi punjabi eeni changi eh, urdu de ki lor.
That’s cos yer a Mirpuran to the core
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ik or Almiya chai
Dafa ho ulla na hova teh!
Im not an MP, but I so wish I was one! I would be hella proud of myself! But normal punjabi’s are cool too.
And you still require an Urdu word to make your nick .. quite ironic , isn’t it ?
Were you suffering from collywobbles when you made that callow statement of yours..
Such cut of jib could easily turn this potentially good thread into something eliciting !
Ouch. That told me.
I feel deeply ashamed. How dare I consider having an opinion without considering my GS nick, I mean, it should be the be all and end all of my life. After all, im nothing without my GS nickname! You have indeed taught me a very very valuable lesson. And all the other sarcastic edited I cannit be arsed to type.
Naff off luv.
Sadi punjabi eeni changi eh, urdu de ki lor.
yaar please, gaaliyaaN tau naa dau :(
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umm meyn to ese urdu lekte bolte hon jo kese ko semg nehe ate eska metleb hoa mere urdu boht high he 
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i think we have already harmed urdu alot .i mean what we noadays speak is a mixture of urdu with alot of english words.So till 4th generation ,they will speak english with a few urdu words and they will be exicited abt it too