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I mean ofcourse we have influences but it's mostly indo-centric in nature
How!!
I for one has no influence from India or Indian centric
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I mean ofcourse we have influences but it's mostly indo-centric in nature
Talking about Pak in general, majority of it's populationHow!!
I for one has no influence from India or Indian centric
Middle east is a term created for political purposes. It's not geographic term in real sense.. south baluchistan is west asia.Pakistan is unique in the sense that we are located on the borders of three regions, Middle-East, South Asia and Central Asia. The East of Indus river is part of South Asia, KPK and North Balochistan is part of Central Asia, while South Balochistan is part of Middle East.
Urdu is a lingua franca. How can you borrow a national language of two other countries and make it your lingua franca.. as far farsi being used here there were other languages in use here before farsi. We need our own identity. Not get lumped into iranian or indian poles of influence.Quaid-e-azam should have made Farsi (Dari, not Irani) as the national language instead of Urdu.
Ok we are middle eastern..There is no doubt, Pakistanis are "Mix of Middle Eastern".
When some say that Afghans and Persian heritage, that basically means the same.
Take Urdu language, you can pick its words and they would all have Middle Eastern origins.
Hindi was only used for grammatical purposes, rest the root words are all either Arabic, Persian or Turkic.
Similarly, pick Pakistani cuisine, you can trace their origins to Middle East. Once again, Arabic, Persian and Turkic origins.
Take complexion, that too has more to do with the Middle East than India.
So , why Pakistanis are not Middle Eastern!!
Urdu was born in lahore ghaznavid era.Not disagreeing with you but people think Urdu is like the language of Pakistan
It was in the context of native speakersUrdu was born in lahore ghaznavid era.
We are non Arabic speaking so I must say we are not part of that.Do you consider Pakistan to be a Middle-Eastern nation?
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Believe it or not native speakers of urdu wer always here however small in quantity they were and it was different back then.. as it was much much persianized in the beginning. .and a lot more sanskrit words got added after qutb u din aibak moved his capital from Lahore to delhi.It was in the context of native speakers
Please next time read the context!
Exactly..hate this term desi as identity.. its invented by these South asian folks in europe and north america .what will they do if it becomes a slur tomorrow. At home desi khorak is only thing we know. Muslim and pakistani and nothing more.Never , but I dont like the term , desi , subcontinentals either , whenever , its possible , I always mention the term Pakistan rather than region , I consider us a world of our own , we are 5th largest population on this planet afterall.
Middle east is a term created for political purposes. It's not geographic term in real sense.. south baluchistan is west asia.
Urdu is a lingua franca. How can you borrow a national language of two other countries and make it your lingua franca.. as far farsi being used here there were other languages in use here before farsi. We need our own identity. Not get lumped into iranian or indian poles of influence.
Ok we are middle eastern..
Dude it's a geopolitical term. The term only became associated to arab culture in west.
In 1902 the term “Middle East” was coined in order to designate the area residing between Egypt and Singapore,
Urdu was born in lahore ghaznavid era.
Geopolitical identity means u have it today and may not tomorrow .If it is a geopolitical term than why consider someone a "Middle Eastern" , with your own stated boundaries Pakistanis are middle eastern.
But there is no doubt, culture, language, food, and appearances all Middle Eastern.
So Pakistani basically and fundamentally are Middle Eastern.
Geopolitical identity means u have it today and may not tomorrow .
Our culture is mughalai culture dress food language etc.. mughals originated from central asia. Central asia is not middle east... even ethnically we are by and large indo aryans not semetic. Sure our religion originated in arab land and language is a subset of persian but it doesnt mean we inherit our identity from there.
What is Indo Aryan!!
The real Aryans are in Afghanistan, Iran and other areas, not in India.
I am Aryan, not Indian. I hope you understand that much.