A
GRA M M AR
OF XHE
HINDUSTANI LANGUAGE.
CHAPTER I.
The Alphabets and Orthographical Marks.
The dialect most generally used in India, especially
among the Muhammadan inhabitants, the officers of go-
vernment and the military, is called Urdti (camp) or Urdu
zaban (camp-language), which seern to have been its first
and most appropriate appellations: but, it is also termed
Rekhta (scattered), on account. of the variety of languages
interspersed in it; though this name is said to be more
B
GRA M M AR
OF XHE
HINDUSTANI LANGUAGE.
CHAPTER I.
The Alphabets and Orthographical Marks.
The dialect most generally used in India, especially
among the Muhammadan inhabitants, the officers of go-
vernment and the military, is called Urdti (camp) or Urdu
zaban (camp-language), which seern to have been its first
and most appropriate appellations: but, it is also termed
Rekhta (scattered), on account. of the variety of languages
interspersed in it; though this name is said to be more
B