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  2. Deccani language - Wikipedia

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    Deccani or Deccani Urdu (دکنی, dakanī or دکھنی, dakhanī; [A] (and in some sources as Deccani Hindi) [1][2][3][4][5][6] is an Indo-Aryan language based on a form of Old Urdu spoken in the Deccan region of south-central India and is the native language of the Deccani people. [7][8] The historical form of Deccani sparked the development ...

  3. List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin - Wikipedia

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    from Hindi and Urdu: An acknowledged leader in a field, from the Mughal rulers of India like Akbar and Shah Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal. Maharaja. from Hindi and Sanskrit: A great king. Mantra. from Hindi and Sanskrit: a word or phrase used in meditation. Masala.

  4. Deception - Wikipedia

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    Deception is the act of convincing one or many recipients of untrue information. The person creating the deception knows it to be false while the receiver of the message has a tendency to believe it (although it's not always the case). [1] It is often done for personal gain or advantage. [2][3] Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda ...

  5. Persian and Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Persian and Urdu are distinct languages. Persian is classified as an Iranian language, whereas Urdu is an Indo-Aryan language. They fall under the larger grouping of the Indo-Iranian languages, and hence share some linguistic features due to common descent. However, the majority of influence from Persian is direct, through a process often ...

  6. Hindi–Urdu controversy - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Hindi–Urdu controversy arose in 19th century colonial India out of the debate over whether Modern Standard Hindi or Standard Urdu should be chosen as a national language. Hindi and Urdu are mutually intelligible as spoken languages, to the extent that they are sometimes considered to be dialects or registers of a single spoken ...

  7. Urdu-speaking people - Wikipedia

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    Native speakers of Urdu are spread across South Asia. [note 1] [13] [14] The vast majority of them are Muslims of the Hindi–Urdu Belt of northern India, [note 2] [15] [16] [17] followed by the Deccani people of the Deccan plateau in south-central India (who speak Deccani Urdu), most of the Muhajir people of Pakistan, Muslims in the Terai of Nepal, and Muslims of Old Dhaka in Bangladesh.

  8. Taqiyya - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In Islam, Taqiyya (Arabic: تقیة, romanized: taqiyyah, lit. 'prudence') [1][2] is a dissimulation and secrecy of religious belief and practice. [1][3][4][5] Generally, taqiyya is regarded as the action of maintaining secrecy or mystifying one's beliefs. Hiding one's beliefs in non-Muslim nations has been practiced since the early days ...

  9. Pakistani English - Wikipedia

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    State-run PTV World is a major English Language News Channel in the country, while previously Dawn News and Tribune 24/7 were other Englishlanguage news channels with one later switching its language to Urdu and the other was shut down. Indus News is now another major English language news channel in Pakistan.