Re: Why is Urdu considered an Aryan language?
Not true. Origins of Urdu stem from the invasions of the Indian Subcontinent by the Turk dynasties in th 11th century, I believe. The Mughals, who were also Chagtai, later adopted Persian, which was primarily the language of poetry and literature. Throw in the influences from Arabic and Sanskrit, and thus you have what we now speak today. Urdu is by inception, a total “camp” language, which continued to develop under the Mughal empire.