interesting facts about pakistani languages

[jamalzia]

Again as a student of history and also languages, I know Pakistan has an intersting history as far as languages is concerned. Urdu, no doubt, originated in northern India. The Moughals and the elite Nawabs including nawabs of Murshidabad Bengal liberally patronized it as it copied persian in many ways that was the language of learning and court. Thus Urdu became a kind of status symbol even among Bengali Muslim Elite.

In Punjab even long before partition of India, Urdu had become the language of Punjabi scholars and elite. For instance, Urdu's all major modern poets are Punjabis such as Mohammad Iqbal and Faiz Ahmed Faiz and many others. The reason was simple Urdu for its script and idiom was closer to Punjabi and Sindhi than Bangla. For some reason, Urdu also impressed the local accent and literature too. Sindhi for example has enormously been impacted by Urdu. Sind has the largest Urdu speaking population in Pakistan. This synergy was therefore natural. In Urban Areas of Pakistan Pashtoons, Balochis and Punjabis are also increasingly shifting to Urdu. At least their children speak fluent Urdu. In London I met a baluchi family whose first language was Urdu. At least children were conversing only in Urdu and English. So Urdu is playing a great role in homogenization of Pakistanis although this homogenity is not conspicously visible.

[banglababu]

and your point is ???