Sorry, I am born to a Pakistani but cannot read Urdu

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Re: Sorry, I am born to a Pakistani but cannot read Urdu

@diwana

Nowhere I have mentioned that meeting individuals of third generation makes any of my opinion whatsoever.

What I have is the question from very beginning why is that there are people who cannot feel related to their heritage and along the way gave examples of those who do.

That is why I earlier mentioned “samjho Sub Kuch, Na samjho Kuch Bhi Nahin”.

All it means that the interest either from the parent(s)/Guardian(s) or from their offsprings are required for the language to flourish.

I even concurred that continued immigration is one factor which has kept several languages alive where their language has not been present. And that has to some extent offset the attrition rate. (Water bucket analogy).

In regards to Urdu: it was not really a native language from beginning. Yes persians, Turks, Arabs lost their languages to some extent but one reason why Urdu came to being and continued is their combined contribution. They did not really completely adapt native language(s) of Indian subcontinent.

Persian was lost because of political move by British and their rule for so long. (One big factor)

right so you dont argue with the rather rapid loss of heritage language at 3rd gen and beyond. Good, we are on the same page on that then.
Obviously, the experiences, interactions, feelings on an immigrant who has event considerable amount of time in his old country would be very different than that of his children.

The links get weaker with each generation. Its not simply a matter of not people not feeling related to their heritage but how they relate is different based on their experiences. immigrants have friends, family, teachers, colleagues..a whole host of people, their kids may have uncles, aunts, grand parents..those that dont have a very different experience, with each gen, the close relatives, and bonds with people in the old country decrease. So when a new immigrant, a first gen, a 2nd gen and a 3rd gen person evaluate it, they have completely different lenses.

People may carry on different aspects of their culture, ….food, music, language, family lifestyle, etc. language though is usually the first one to go by a wide margin while others stay on longer