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  2. Salim–Javed - Wikipedia

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    Javed Akhtar was born on 17 January 1945. Early influences on Akhtar included Urdu novels by Pakistani author Ibn-e-Safi, such as the Jasoosi Dunya and Imran series of detective novels, as well as films like the Dilip Kumar starrers Arzoo (1950) and Aan (1952), Bimal Roy's Do Bigha Zameen (1953), Shree 420 (1955) directed by Raj Kapoor and written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, and Mehboob Khan's ...

  3. Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu - Wikipedia

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    The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu) pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

  4. Languages of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Urdu is taught as a compulsory subject up to higher secondary school in both English and Urdu medium school systems, which has produced millions of second-language Urdu speakers among people whose native language is one of the other languages of Pakistan – which in turn has led to the absorption of vocabulary from various regional Pakistani ...

  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.

  6. Arabic script - Wikipedia

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    Today Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and China are the main non-Arabic speaking states using the Arabic alphabet to write one or more official national languages, including Azerbaijani, Baluchi, Brahui, Persian, Pashto, Central Kurdish, Urdu, Sindhi, Kashmiri, Punjabi and Uyghur.

  7. CNIC (Pakistan) - Wikipedia

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    Given Name, Family Name in English and Urdu. 2 Father’s Name Given Name, Family Name in English and Urdu. (Husband's name for married females) 3 Gender containing one character for M (male), F (female), or X (transgender) 4 Country of Stay 5 Identity number A unique 13-digit number 6 Date of birth listed in the Gregorian calendar format, in ...

  8. Literature of Kashmir - Wikipedia

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    Literature of Kashmir has a long history, the oldest texts having been composed in the Sanskrit language. Early names include Patanjali, the author of the Mahābhāṣya commentary on Pāṇini's grammar, suggested by some to have been the same to write the Hindu treatise known as the Yogasutra, and Dridhbala, who revised the Charaka Samhita of Ayurveda.

  9. Firaq Gorakhpuri - Wikipedia

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    Firaq espoused a deep affection for Urdu and emphasised the importance of keeping Urdu in the collective linguistic awareness of India and the subcontinent. " Zubaan kisi qaum ki milkiyat nahin/ Jisne seekhi, usne kahi " (Language is not the prerogative of any particular society; the person who has learnt it, speaks it) was his statement.