Urdu is an easy language if you're willing to learn !
But, unfortunately, in Pakistan those of us who could claim to belong to the educated elite have begun to look down upon that language in favor of English as if Urdu is somewhat uncivilized & conversing in it or reading something written in it is a sign of backwardness !
Rarely would you come across people from amongst the educated elite from amongst the new generation who are fluent in this language without interspersing it heavily with their choicest English words owing to a lack of them knowing what the Urdu word for it would be ! Likewise you don't see many people from my generation reading or writing in Urdu - Its English that counts & its English that takes us forward !
The fate meted out to Punjabi is even worse....much worse at least Urdu, unlike Punjabi, isn't considered an uncouth & uncultured language by the educated elite !
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