What are some of the easiest languages to learn for those who know Urdu?

Contrarian · May 30, 2012, 3:09pm

Persian?
Turkish?
Arabic?

UZ · May 30, 2012, 3:23pm

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Persian,Arabic , Turkish, Hindi lol , mirathi, punjabi, Sindhi,pashto

firenze · May 30, 2012, 3:24pm

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Persian, Turkish & Italian.
Italian is more like our Punjabi.

UZ · May 30, 2012, 3:27pm

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Do you know italian

TLK · May 30, 2012, 3:28pm

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I say persian and arabic. I am not sure about turkish

STA · May 30, 2012, 3:40pm

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Persian is more closer to Urdu.

UZ · May 30, 2012, 3:43pm

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Why? I heard Urdu is a mixture of Turkish and Persian?

firenze · May 30, 2012, 3:46pm

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I can argue for one hour, that much i know.
one of the countless gifts of marriage

TLK · May 30, 2012, 3:47pm

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Urdu probably does not have a single turkish word (other than the word "urdu" itself)

Monk · May 30, 2012, 3:49pm

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for us Persian, you would need help with pronunciation though.

BarbieCue · May 30, 2012, 3:49pm

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Persian definitely. I can't read Arabic properly without the accent marks. It's not only easier to read Farsi but also you understand the meaning of most of the words when you hear them.

firenze · May 30, 2012, 3:50pm

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...and Persian is such a romantic language its like French of east...

UZ · May 30, 2012, 3:54pm

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hmm gifts of Italian wife

STA · May 30, 2012, 3:54pm

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chichory ast

UZ · May 30, 2012, 3:56pm

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Then why they are teaching us it's mixture of Persian and Turkish.

For me Arabic is easy to understand.

The_Jinx · May 30, 2012, 3:56pm

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I know about Hindi but what is Hindi lol?

UZ · May 30, 2012, 4:00pm

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I said Lolzz because we can say Hindi but can’t read it, the script is different.

TLK · May 30, 2012, 4:03pm

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who are they? :D

STA · May 30, 2012, 4:04pm

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they(majority indian) cant speak hindi, actual is difficult. therefore they borrow urdu structure and fit few sanskrit words.

The_Jinx · May 30, 2012, 4:04pm

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zaban-e-yar-e-mann turki wa mann turki na meeda namm

you will be surprised to know :)

‘The Turkish elements in Urdu’, written by Dr Erkan Turkmen of Turkey’s Seljuk University has some of the following words of Turkish borrowed in urdu:

chaaq, apa (elder sister), taup (cannon), anna (nanny), elchi (ambassador), autaq, ataleeq, begum :D, tamgha, surma, qaurma, qeema, qeinchi, chapqalish, chaqu, chiq (curtain) and the list is too long.