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URDU , the name of that variety of See also:

Hindostani which borrows a See also:

GREAT

great See also:

PART

part of its vocabulary from See also:

PERSIA

Persia and Arabic, as contrasted with " See also:

Hindi," the variety which eschews such words, but borrows from See also:

SANSKRIT

Sanskrit instead . It is spoken by Mussulmans and those See also:

HINDUS

Hindus who have come under Mussulman influences, and has a considerable literature . See HINDOSTANI and H1NDOSTANI LITERATURE .

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