Urdu became a literary language in the 18th-century and two similar standard forms came into existence in Delhi and Lucknow; since 1947 a third standard has arisen in Karachi.[១០][១១]Deccani, an older form used in the south, became a court language of the Deccan Sultanates in the 16th century.[១២][១១]
Urdu was chosen as the language of East India Company rule across northern India in 1837 when the Company chose it to replace Persian, the court language of the Indo-Islamic empires.[១៣] Religious, social, and political factors arose during the colonial period that advocated for a distinction between Urdu and Hindi, leading to the Hindi–Urdu controversy.[១៤]
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↑Schmidt, Ruth Laila (8 December 2005) (ជាen). Urdu: An Essential Grammar. Routledge. ល.ស.ប.អ.978-1-134-71319-6. "Historically, Urdu developed from the sub-regional language of the Delhi area, which became a literary language in the eighteenth century. Two quite similar standard forms of the language developed in Delhi, and in Lucknow in modern Uttar Pradesh. Since 1947, a third form, Karachi standard Urdu, has evolved."
↑ ១១,០១១,១Mahapatra, B. P. (1989) (ជាen). Constitutional languages. Presses Université Laval. p. 553. ល.ស.ប.អ.978-2-7637-7186-1. "Modern Urdu is a fairly homogenous language. An older southern form, Deccani Urdu, is now obsolete. Two varieties however, must be mentioned viz. the Urdu of Delhi, and the Urdu of Lucknow. Both are almost identical, differing only in some minor points. Both of these varieties are considered 'Standard Urdu' with some minor divergences."
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↑Mikael Parkvall, "Världens 100 största språk 2007" (The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007), in Nationalencyklopedin. Asterisks mark the 2010 estimatesArchived 11 November 2012 at the វេយប៊ែខ ម៉ាស៊ីន. for the top dozen languages.