Do Muslims in India speak Hindi or Urdu?

In India, it so happened that Urdu got associated with the Indian-Muslim identity between the late 18th and the early 20th centuries. Despite the fact that this language is spoken by both Hindus and Muslims and Muslims themselves speak a number of languages, mainly Bengali, Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Gujrati.

Can all Muslims speak Urdu?

No, not all. Many of those living in Kerala, Tamil Nad, Andhra, in coastal regions of Maharashtra and Gujrat besides many rural Bengalis, the inhabitants of North-eastern states do not speak Urdu. Basically, Urdu is spoken by Muslims in states where Hindi is spoken by the Hindus.

Which language does Indian Muslims speak?

The language of Indian Islam is, therefore, highly Persianised – an oddity for a religion that has Arabic as its liturgical language. The word for the Islamic prayer is the Persian namaaz (Arabic: salaah) and for fast, the Persian loan roza (Arabic: sawm).

Do all Muslims speak Hindi?

The question asked is : Are there Hindi Muslims? Muslims are a religious group like Christians, Budhists, Sikhs, Jains, Parsees and Hindus. None of these religions specify a language to be spoken as a religious duty. The people, whatever be their religion generally speak the language of the region.

Why is Urdu the mother language of Indian Muslims?

Indian Muslims have various ethnicities and it’s no where written that their mother tongue should have to be Urdu. Though, Arabic is the religious language of all the Muslims as the Quran was revealed in this, Urdu is no special or holds any religious significance for Muslims.

What is the difference between Urdu and Hindi writing system?

Hindi uses the Sanskrit writing system known as Devanagari. Urdu uses an adapted version of the Arabic script, referred to as Nata’liq. Whereas the Urdu script is written right to left, the Hindi script is written left to right. Generally, I’d say that that the Devanagari script is better adapted for writing the Hindustani languages.

Does Urdu belong to Muslims only?

No. Urdu does not belong to Muslims only, it is a comman heritage of Indians although now it is labelled to be a language of muslims only. we the North Indian muslims primarily and the Deccan muslims (Hyderabad and adjoining areas with their own version of Urdu) have Urdu as mother tongue.

When did Urdu become the official language of India?

Urdu, however continues to remain one of the twenty officially recognised languages of India. India took two years, but replaced Urdu with English as its official language in 1950. (Photo Courtesy: The Atlantic)