Urduization

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noun

The process of adopting or integrating elements of the Urdu language into another language or region.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounUrduization (uncountable)
  1. IndiaPakistanuncountableThe process of adopting or integrating elements of the Urdu language into another language or region.

    He discussed the Urduization and other features of Pakistani English with respect to the novels and divided examples in various semantic categories.

    2018 April 24, Asma Iqbal, Pakistani Englishes: Syntactic Variations, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 1967
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    Parents were critical of the Urduization policy, which they saw as hypocritical, and preferred sending their children to English medium private schools. They felt that the Urduization would not be able to continue for long.

    2002, Samuel Gyasi Obeng, Beverly Hartford, Political Independence with Linguistic Servitude: The Politics about Languages in the Developing World, Nova Publishers, →ISBN, page 25

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