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Persian had a long history in the lands of Pakistan and was the cultural language of the erstwhile Mughal Empire, a continuation since the introduction of the language by Central Asian Turkic invaders who migrated into the Indian Subcontinent, [52] and the patronisation of it by the earlier Turko-Persian Delhi Sultanate.
Before the British colonised the Indian subcontinent, Persian was the region's lingua franca and a widely used official language in what are now north India and Pakistan. . The language was brought into the region by various Turkic, Persian and Afghan dynasties, in particular the Turko-Afghan Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal Dyna
Pages in category "Persian language in Pakistan" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Persian language in the Indian subcontinent
There are a small number of Iranians in Pakistan, the vast majority of whom live in Karachi and Lahore. Most are students, while others are political asylum seekers, of which the latter are mostly Iranian people .
Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistan's national poet who conceived the idea of Pakistan. Pakistan has literature in Urdu, Sindhi, Punjabi, Pashto, Balochi, Persian, English, and many other languages. [9] The Pakistan Academy of Letters is a large literary community that promotes literature and poetry in Pakistan and abroad. [10]
As an Iranian language, it is classified in the Northwestern group, [35] spoken primarily in the Balochistan region of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. In addition, there are speakers in Oman, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Turkmenistan, East Africa and in diaspora communities in other parts of the world. [36]
Makrani is notable for being filled with loanwords from other languages. This is primarily seen in Sindhi, while also Persian, Urdu, and Arabic. Loanwords from Urdu is rather new due to the creation of Pakistan. Sindhi has been one of the main languages that Makrani uses for loanwords primarily because of the contact between Lasi speakers. [11]
With the addition of an "i" to improve the pronunciation, the name of Pakistan grew in popularity and led to the commencement of the Pakistan Movement, and consequently the creation of Pakistan. [159] In Urdu and Persian languages, the name encapsulates the concept of Pak ("pure") and stan ("land") and hence a "Pure Land". [160]