To provide but the briefest of accounts of this language, the first thing we could say is that you may find material on the language by looking up either of two words in Spanish: hindostánico or indostaní (In English, see Hindustani or Hindi-Urdu). Like all the languages of India, it belongs to the Indo-European family [...]
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Hindustani or Hindi-Urdu?
Sunday, October 14th, 2012Telugu: Another Language of India
Thursday, March 1st, 2012We have already written brief posts on some of the many languages of India, and today I will add another: Telugu This is another language belonging to the group South Central Dravidian languages. Within India: Telugu is spoken mainly in India, in the state of Andhra Pradesh,where it is the official language. It is also [...]
The Persian Language
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009It belongs to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family, which we spoke about HERE. More than 60 million people are native speakers of this language, and they are distributed across Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Oman, the Arab Emirates and India, as well as members of the Persian diaspora. The ISO and the Academy [...]
The Aryan Tribes: The Importance of Information
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009Today we will talk about the Indo-Iranian languages and localization services through a reading of a recommended article. At the beginning of the second millenium BC, the Indo-Iranian (relatives of the Aryans) emigrated towards Iran. Around the year 1000BC they had already split into two branches: the Indian branch (also known as the Indo-Aryan branch) [...]