Lexical affinities between Urdu and French
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This paper provides a comparative lexical survey of Urdu and French languages in a historical context. Especially, it presents a detailed etymological analysis of selected Urdu and French words to demonstrate their common ancestral origin. Despite the fact that Urdu and French are genetically related languages, their comparative study is one of the more poorly studied areas till now. This study also provides a historical background of both languages stressing the parallel development in their linguistic evolution.
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