Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "زبان هندی" in Persian language version.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)Urdu, like Hindi, was a standardized register of the Hindustani language deriving from the Delhi dialect and emerged in the eighteenth century under the rule of the late Mughals.
The position of Hindi-Urdu among the languages of the world is anomalous. The number of its proficient speakers, over three hundred million, places it in third of fourth place after Mandarin, English, and perhaps Spanish.
{{cite book}}: Check |url= value (help)Most Afghans in Kabul understand and/or speak Hindi, thanks to the popularity of Indian cinema in the country.
{{cite book}}: Invalid |display-editors=4 (help){{cite web}}: نگهداری یادکرد:زبان ناشناخته (link)In the 1980s and '90s, at least three million Afghans--mostly Pashtun--fled to Pakistan, where a substantial number spent several years being exposed to Hindi- and Urdu-language media, especially Bollywood films and songs, and beng educated in Urdu-language schools, both of which contributed to the decline of Dari, even among urban Pashtuns.
{{cite web}}: نگهداری یادکرد:عنوان آرشیو به جای عنوان (link){{cite web}}: نگهداری یادکرد:عنوان آرشیو به جای عنوان (link)In the 1980s and '90s, at least three million Afghans--mostly Pashtun--fled to Pakistan, where a substantial number spent several years being exposed to Hindi- and Urdu-language media, especially Bollywood films and songs, and beng educated in Urdu-language schools, both of which contributed to the decline of Dari, even among urban Pashtuns.
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