12-12-2003, 04:26 AM
ANybody agree on this
Hindustani ;
The name Hindustani written as Hindoostanee was coined by an
Englishman, Mr.
J. B.
Gilchrist (1759-1841), who was the first President of the Fort
Christian
College, Calcutta which
trained British Civil Servants for service in India. Mr. Gilchrist also
wrote a dictionary of
Hindustani and its grammar. As mentioned earlier, from Hindustani have
emerged two literary
languages, Hindi in Devanagari script with literary and vocabulary
borrowings from Sanskrit
and Urdu in modified Arabic script with borrowings from Persian.
Hindustani
is much older
form than Hindi or Urdu and many times it referred rather to the region
and
not so much to the
race or religion. As a matter of fact before the advent of Muslims and
others in India, the
languages spoken in Hindustan were known as various Bhashas or Bakhas.
Hindustani evolved
out of a score of dialects which are inter-related among themselves and
to
it. Some of these
dialects and languages are Hindwi, Khariboli, Brij Bhasha, Awadhi,
Bagheli,
Chhatisgari,
Bundeli, Kanauji, Bhojpuri, Maithili, Gujari, Rajsthani and when it was
spoken in South it was
known as Deccani That these languages are dialects of Hindi as claimed
by
some is not strictly
true. Brij Bhasha was an important literary medium from15th to 17th
century.
Both Brij Bhasha
and many other dialects are genetically of different Prakritic origin
than
Khariboli. All earlier
Hindi literature is in dialects other than Khariboli which became
standardised and popular by
end17th century and the language of literature only in 19th century.
Brij
Bhasha continued
as a medium of poetry till late 19th century. Thus, strictly speaking,
the
language of modern
Hindi literature is different from that employed in earlier period. The
same
can be said about the
Urdu which came to be written in the present form from 19th century
onwards,
although Urdu
poetry flourished much earlier.
The etymology ! of the word India ,Indian ,Hindu, Hind , Hindustan from
Sindhu though confused is well known.
Hindustani ;
The name Hindustani written as Hindoostanee was coined by an
Englishman, Mr.
J. B.
Gilchrist (1759-1841), who was the first President of the Fort
Christian
College, Calcutta which
trained British Civil Servants for service in India. Mr. Gilchrist also
wrote a dictionary of
Hindustani and its grammar. As mentioned earlier, from Hindustani have
emerged two literary
languages, Hindi in Devanagari script with literary and vocabulary
borrowings from Sanskrit
and Urdu in modified Arabic script with borrowings from Persian.
Hindustani
is much older
form than Hindi or Urdu and many times it referred rather to the region
and
not so much to the
race or religion. As a matter of fact before the advent of Muslims and
others in India, the
languages spoken in Hindustan were known as various Bhashas or Bakhas.
Hindustani evolved
out of a score of dialects which are inter-related among themselves and
to
it. Some of these
dialects and languages are Hindwi, Khariboli, Brij Bhasha, Awadhi,
Bagheli,
Chhatisgari,
Bundeli, Kanauji, Bhojpuri, Maithili, Gujari, Rajsthani and when it was
spoken in South it was
known as Deccani That these languages are dialects of Hindi as claimed
by
some is not strictly
true. Brij Bhasha was an important literary medium from15th to 17th
century.
Both Brij Bhasha
and many other dialects are genetically of different Prakritic origin
than
Khariboli. All earlier
Hindi literature is in dialects other than Khariboli which became
standardised and popular by
end17th century and the language of literature only in 19th century.
Brij
Bhasha continued
as a medium of poetry till late 19th century. Thus, strictly speaking,
the
language of modern
Hindi literature is different from that employed in earlier period. The
same
can be said about the
Urdu which came to be written in the present form from 19th century
onwards,
although Urdu
poetry flourished much earlier.
The etymology ! of the word India ,Indian ,Hindu, Hind , Hindustan from
Sindhu though confused is well known.