TY  - JOUR
TT  - 'URDU IMPERIALISM' IN PAKISTAN: REALITY OR MYTH
AU  - Naqvı, Syeda Sughra
PY  - 2017
DA  - August
DO  - 10.18769/ijasos.336558
JF  - IJASOS- International E-journal of Advances in Social Sciences
JO  - IJASOS
PB  - OCERINT International Organization Center of Academic Research
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2411-183X
SP  - 387
EP  - 390
VL  - 3
IS  - 8
KW  - Multilingualism
KW  - Urdu Imperialism
KW  - reality/myth
KW  - cultural capital
N2  - The dominantstatus of Urdu language is a reality in the multilingual society of Pakistan.The mother language of only 7.59% of the population is the national language ofthe country that provides opportunity to traditional rivals of Pakistan toprovoke ethnic crises, hiding the reality of its being the only source of country-widecommunication. The paper highlights the considerable criticism of the languagepolicy in Pakistan that is endangering the ‘cultural capital’ of local andregional languages through Urdu imperialism. However, contrary to thecontroversial criticism of its status, the focus of the paper is to argue thatUrdu is a natural phenomenon of the region that supports free integrity of thenation and not an imposed one. Its origin, evolution and development as alingua franca is as natural as the status of English language as a linguafranca for the world. Therefore, it suggests solutions to revive the culturalcapital through reforms in education policy in collaboration with languagepolicy rather than criticizing the status of Urdu as the national language,which is the best choice, indeed, because the ubiquity of Urdu is not a myth.
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