
Urdu/Hindi : An Artificial Divide.
Title:
Urdu/Hindi : An Artificial Divide.
Author:
Khan, Abdul Jamil.
ISBN:
9780875864396
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (418 pages)
Contents:
Abbreviations -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Grammar and Vocabulary -- Mesopotamian Languages -- Hindi/Urdu Literature -- Urdu/Hindi Politics -- Globalism in Urdu/Hindi -- Acknowledgments -- List of Tables and Illustrations -- Chapter I. Mesopotamian Roots and Language Classification -- 1.0 Introduction -- 1.1 Scientific History: Summarized -- 1.2 Textbook History -- 1.3 Evolution of Classification -- 1.3.1 Language Families and Types -- 1.4 Politics of Linguistic Splits -- 1.5 A Mythical Dilemma in Modern Linguistics -- 1.6 The Mythical World of Sanskrit -- 1.7 Indophilism and Indo-Europeanism -- 1.8 Racism Coat-tailed on Sanskrit -- 1.9 Linguistic Liberalism -- 1.10 Language as a Utility in India -- 1.11 Grammar Types and Syntax -- 1.12 Middle East Farmers: Parents of Urdu/Hindi -- 1.13 Chapter Summary -- Chapter II. Phonetics, Linguistics and Genetics - DNA -- 2.0 Introduction -- 2.1 Genetics Blunts Linguistic Racism -- 2.2 Speech, Genes (FOXP2), and Language Evolution -- 2.3 Great Arab Linguists -- 2.4 Phonetics of Urdu/Hindi and Others -- 2.5 Growth, Grammar, and Accidence -- 2.6 Classification: a Science and an Art -- 2.7 Reconstruction Business -- 2.8 Emergence of Superfamilies -- 2.9 All Connected - One Language -- 2.10 Indo-Aryan or Indian Urdu/Hindi -- Urdu/Hindi -- 2.11 Urdu/Hindi and the IE Timeline/Glottochrology -- Urdu/Hindi and Punjabi -- Urdu/Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, and Bengali -- Kashmiri, Urdu/Hindi, and Others -- Persian and IA (Urdu/Hindi etc) -- German/English, Persian, IA dialects -- 2.12 Promotion of Indo-Europeanist Views -- 2.13 Urdu/Hindi-DNA Scheme -- 2.14 Chapter Summary -- Chapter III. Middle East: Source of Semitic, Dravidian and Indo-European/Sanskrit -- 3.0 Introduction -- 3.1 West Asian Theater (Sumerians) -- 3.1.1 Sumerian Religion and Culture -- 3.1.2 Sumerian Lingustics.
3.1.3 Sumerian Vocabulary in Urdu/Hindi -- 3.1.4 Sumerian Literature -- 3.2 The Elamites and Proto-Elamo-Dravidian (PED) -- 3.2.1 Elamite "Dravidian" Language of Iran -- 3.3 Central Asian Polyglot (Earliest Aryan-IE) -- 3.3.1 Languages (Hurrian, Hittite, etc.) -- 3.3.2 Hittite Phonemes -- 3.4 Akkadian/Assyrian (Oldest Arabic) -- 3.5 Earliest Persian -- 3.6 Earliest Sanskrit (Vedic) -- 3.7 Mesopotamian Phonetics and PIE -- 3.8 Mesopotamian Grammar and Vocabulary -- 3.9 Chapter Summary -- Chapter IV. Austric-Munda-Dravidian and Oldest Hindi/Urdu -- 4.0 Introduction -- 4.1 Pre-Austric Phase -- 4.2 Austric People's Culture and Language -- 4.3 Religious and Cultural Contribution -- 4.4 The Austric or Munda Language -- 4.4.1 Munda and Its Dialects -- 4.4.2 Linguistic Features -- 4.4.3 Prefixes and Infixes of Austric-Munda -- 4.5 Munda-Specific Vocabulary -- 4.6 Munda Gender, Number and Syntax -- 4.7 General Munda Vocabulary in Urdu/Hindi -- 4.8 The Dravidian Phase and Its Contribution -- 4.9 Middle Eastern Roots of Dravidian People -- 4.10 Dravidian Religion and Culture -- 4.11 Proto-Dravidian in Proto-Urdu -- 4.12 Linguistic Features of PDR or Dravidian (DR) -- 4.13 First Hybrid-Mundravi (Proto-PKT/Urdu) -- 4.14 Dravidian-Suffixes/Particles in Urdu -- 4.15 Vocabulary Loans to Urdu/Hindi -- 4.16 Dravidian Verbs in Urdu -- 4.17 Sound Words (Onomatopoeia) -- 4.18 Mundravi-Proto-Urdu -- 4.19 Chapter Summary -- Chapter V. Sanskrit-Prakrit and Old-Urdu/Hindi -- 5.0 Introduction -- 5.1 Written Religious Systems -- 5.2 Hinduism or the Indian Religious System (IRS) -- 5.3 March of Time (History) -- 5.4 Sanskrit-Prakrit System -- 5.5 Linguistics of SKT-PKT -- 5.5.1 SKT's Inflection and Evolution -- 5.6 Sanskrit and Urdu/Hindi -- 5.7 Loans into SKT -- 5.8 Urdu's Vocabulary from SKT -- 5.8.1 SKT - Verbs -- 5.8.2 Relationships, Flora, Places, and Names.
5.8.3 Household Items -- 5.8.4 Professions and Titles/Ranks -- 5.8.5 Adjectives and Adverbs -- 5.8.6 Social-Cultural, and Life of Mind -- 5.8.7 SKT's Help in Grammar -- 5.9 Literary Legacy of SKT -- 5.10 Prakrit-Old Urdu/Hindi -- 5.11 Lexical Evolution in Old Urdu/Hindi -- 5.12 PKT-Pali Literature (World Class) -- 5.13 Lingua Extinctorum Indica (LEXI) (in Old Urdu) -- 5.14 Chapter Summary -- Chapter VI. Arabic-Persian: New Substrates from the Middle East -- 6.0 Introduction -- 6.1 History's March -- 6.2 The Role of Arabic/Persian -- 6.3 Arabic-Persian Contributions -- 6.4 Arabic Verbs in Urdu/Hindi -- 6.5 Persian Verbs in Urdu/Hindi -- 6.6 General Vocabulary from Arabic-Persian -- 6.6.1 Relationship Words -- 6.6.2 Food, Fruits and Edibles, etc. -- 6.6.3 Household Items/Environment -- 6.6.6 Body Parts -- 6.6.7 Adjectives and Adverbs -- 6.6.8 Social-Cultural, and Life of Mind -- 6.6.9 Adverbs, Pronominal and Qualifying Particles -- 6.7 Plural Making/Grammar -- 6.8 Persian Affixes -- 6.9 A Glimpse of Arabic Literature -- 6.10 Glimpse of Persian Literature -- 6.11 Chapter Summary -- Chapter VII. Language of Saints and Sultans -- 7.0 Introduction -- 7.1 Evolving Hindiwi-Hindi and Dispersal -- 7.2 Variety in Phonetics and Vocabulary -- 7.3 Earliest Nagari-Hindi-Urdu -- 7.4 Early Poets - Writers of the North -- 7.4.2 Chand-Bardoi -- 7.4.3 Khusro-The Pioneer of the Term Hindi -- 7.4.4 Some Religious-Liberals of Urdu/Hindi -- 7.4.5 Some Secular Poets -- 7.5 Gujrat and Urdu/Hindi -- 7.6 Language of the South (Deccan) -- 7.6.1 Deccani Sufi Poets -- 7.6.2 Poet King, Mohammad Quli Qutub Shah (1565-1612) -- 7.7 Pre-Moghul Hindi and Urdu -- 7.8 Chapter Summary -- Chapter VIII. Secular Moghuls and Secular Language -- 8.0 Introduction -- 8.1 Historical March - Babar to British (1500-1900) -- 8.2 The Moghuls' "Secular Cultural State" -- 8.3 Urdu's Dose of Turkish.
8.4 Urdu's Place in the Moghul Phase -- 8.6 Urdu: New Brand Name and Culture -- 8.7 Urdu's Linguistic Growth -- 8.8 Poets and Poetry of the 18th Century - a Glimpse -- 8.8.1 Poets and Poetry of South India -- 8.8.2 Poets and Poetry of the North (East and West) -- 8.8.3 Poet Kings of Delhi -- 8.8.4 Lucknow Poetry and Culture (18th-19th Century) -- 8.8.5 Poets/Poetry of Other Places -- 8.9 Prose: Indian Utility -- 8.9.1 Religious Utility Prose -- 8.9.2 Secular Prose -- 8.10 Advent of Linguistic Separatism -- 8.11 Chapter Summary -- Chapter IX. Urdu: Official Language of British India -- 9.0 Introduction -- 9.1 Linguistic Devices -- 9.2 The Europeans' Love of India -- 9.3 Surging British Phase -- 9.4 Aryanism's Birth - The IE Family -- 9.5 Communalism -- Divide and Rule -- 9.6 Language of Empire - Urdu -- 9.7 Prose Development -- 9.7.1 Fort William College (FWC) -- 9.7.2 Professors at FWC -- 9.7.3 FWC - Authors and Publications -- 9.8 Delhi College (DC) -- 9.8.1 Urdu's Evolution at Delhi College -- 9.8.2 Some Faculty of DC -- 9.8.3 Delhi Alumni's Boost to Urdu -- 9.9 Surging Urdu Prose -- 9.9.1 Ghalib and Urdu Prose (1797-1869) -- 9.10 Sir Syed Ahmed Khan/Scientific Society -- 9.10.1 Syed Ahmed Khan (1817-1898) -- 9.10.2 MAOC or Scientific Society and Urdu's Growth -- 9.10.3 Other (Non-MAOC) Scholars -- 9.11 Regional Societies and Urdu Prose -- 9.12 Urdu Poetry in the 19th Century -- 9.12.1 North Indian Poets -- 9.12.2 South Indian Poets -- 9.12.3 Urdu Poetry of Suburbia/Village -- 9.13 British Poets of Urdu -- 9.14 19th Century Utility, Urdu -- 9.15 Chapter Summary -- Chapter X. Hindi's Creator: British Bengal -- 10.0 Introduction -- 10.1 Scripts and Education in the 19th Century -- 10.2 Hindi's Seed in Bengal (at Fort William) -- 10.3 Definition of Neo-Hindi -- 10.4 Bengali's Help in Hindi -- 10.5 Hindi Writers of the 19th Century.
10.6 Hindi's Growth -- 10.7 Hindi Poetry -- 10.8 Hindi Literacy and Journalism -- 10.9 Hindi/Urdu and Political "Aryanism" -- 10.9.1 Love and Hate in the Aryan Family -- 10.10 Hindi's External Help -- 10.11 Bengal vs. Hindustan -- 10.12 Radicals of Hindi Movement -- 10.13 Secular Conservative: Sir Syed Ahmad Khan -- 10.14 Hindi-Urdu Duel -- 10.14.1 Second Round 1870s -- 10.14.2 Third Round 1880s -- 10.14.3 Fourth Round 1890s -- 10.14.4 Fifth Round 1900 -- 10.15 Linguistic Racism and Freedom Movements -- 10.16 Chapter Summary -- Chapter XI. Partition of Language, Land, and Hearts -- 11.0 Introduction -- 11.1 British Legacy and Politics -- 11.2 Movers and Shakers, the Leaders -- 11.3 Events, Episodes and Exhortations -- 11.4 Progressive Writers' Movement -- 11.5 Urdu/Hindi Debacle and Follow-Up -- 11.5.1 Gandhi's Twins - Urdu/Hindi -- 11.6 Stop Hindi/Urdu Debacle -- 11.7 Shock and Recovery of Indian Urdu -- 11.8 "Islamic Urdu" of Pakistan -- 11.9 Divided Language of Divided Hearts -- 11.10 Chapter Summary -- Chapter XII. Urdu through the 20th Century -- 12.0 Introduction -- 12.1 Modern Poets and Poetry -- 12.2 Mushaira Culture -- 12.3 Mushaira - Organizers - Poets -- 12.4 Urdu Prose/Cultural Flow -- 12.5 Chapter Summary -- Chapter XIII. Hindi's Evolution through the 20th Century -- 13.0 Introduction -- 13.1 Language Evolution and Streams -- 13.2 Creativity and Substitution -- 13.3 Progressive Writers' Movement (PWM) and Hindi -- 13.4 Modern Hindi Poetry -- 13.4.1 Recent Poetry -- 13.5 Hindi Prose -- 13.6 Prose Literature (Life-of-Mind Prose) -- 13.7 Muslims' Hindi -- 13.8 Islamic Credential of Hindi -- 13.8.1 Hindi's Religious Islamic Literature -- 13.9 Hindi's Arabic Phonemes/Demographic Shift -- 13.10 Chapter Summary -- Chapter XIV. Urdu/Hindi: A Show Biz Power -- 14.0 Introduction -- 14.1 Film Language - Quality Control -- 14.2 Birth of Drama/Stage.
14.3 Commercial Stage: Evolution.
Abstract:
Divide and Rule: the British imperial authorities in India declared that the Urdu spoken by the Muslims and the Hindi spoken by the Hindus were two distinct languages, but linguistic evolution theory and studies in fossil linguistics of the Middle East sh.
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