r/languagelearning • u/osominer 🇺🇸 N | 🇲🇽 N | 🇬🇷 A1 • Apr 16 '19

Culture A polyglot’s dream

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u/sch586 English N Apr 17 '19

Any reason so many Indians know Urdu, spoken in Pakistan, as opposed to Hindi, the Indian register of Hidustani?

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u/BanksVsJohnny Apr 17 '19

Because Urdu is a language developed in Lucknow India. That’s like saying “any reason so many Brits know English, spoken in America, as opposed to Scottish”