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Originally Posted by Jamroll
Actually, it's in Hindi, which is a language very similar to Urdu, although they have completely different alphabets (Urdu uses Arabic script, Hindi uses Devangari script).
Hindi and Urdu speakers can easily understand each other, they only differ on certain words (Urdu contains more Arabic and Persian words; Hindi contains more sanskrit words, although it too contains Arabic and Persian words).
They're essentially almost the same language.
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How come everyone says "Most bollywood movies are in Urdu anyway"? (and by 'everyone' I mean two people, but that's the most opinion I've heard on the matter)
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Originally Posted by GOTFIVEONIT
bollywood has been around long before the creation of pakistan itself.
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I guess so. I just always associate it with grainy footage of choreographed love songs that appears to have been collected in the 70's.