Re: Why is Urdu considered an Aryan language?
Advent of Muslims only made the language absorb words from Persian/Turkish and gave it the current name of ‘Urdu’. But the language existed before they came. People were already speaking the language.
The language was developing before Mughals, it continued to develop during Mughals, and it has been developing after Mughals.
Languages develop all the time. It’s not just about Urdu.
But development does not change the origin of a language. And Urdu’s origin is neither Sanskrit nor Persian.