IT seems that many things are frozen in time and they have not changed for centuries, neither will they. One such thing is Urdu grammar and the terms used by grammarians of Urdu. One of the most ...

THE strange thing about grammar is that the native speakers of a language do not need it, at least while learning it as a child. Native speakers instinctively know the rules that govern the use of ...

Hyderabad: Urdu is a Lashkari (mixed dialect). It is a Persianised standard register of Hindustani language. It has 30 consonants, 20 vowels, two diphthongs; non-tonal; stress being on the penultimate ...