Urdu is the national language of Pakistan. It is a subgroup of the Indo Aryan group of languages, which is in turn part of the Indo-European family of language. Urdu is the word of Turkish language meaning “horde” (Lashkar).The word Urdu symbolizes its development by the interaction of foreign army, merchants and immigrants with the local population of south Asia.
The history of Urdu can be traced to 16th century when it developed the interaction between local Indian Sanskrit –derived Prakrit and the languages that were spoken in the courts of the rulers of the subcontinent. The language of the courts was Persian at the time. From the time of the Delhi Empire to the Mughal Empire and its succeeding states, Urdu become the popular language, distinguished linguistically from local languages by its large and extensive Arabic-Persian vocabulary superimposed on a base of grammar.
There e are many views regarding the origin of Urdu. Urdu may have oriented from anywhere in India: the Deccan, in the Punjab, in Maharashtra, in Bengal, in Sindh or in the neighborhood of Delhi. Urdu literature have been found in these areas as far as the back period of the Delhi Empire. It is often said that Urdu originated in or around Delhi over a period of a few centuries. The first manuscript found in Urdu was written in 1515(911 Hijri) by Hazrat Sharafuddin Yahya Muneri and his tomb is Muner Shareef.
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