is hindustani a separate language from sanskrit
Pure Hindi has been derived from Sanskrit, one of the oldest languages in India (Sanskrit, along with Telugu and Tamil being the oldest ones I believe). But Sanskrit has been undergoing a demise, because not a lot of work has been done on it over centuries. Hence, Hindi has been undergoing a similar demise. feel that Hindi is a better description of the syncretic language as it simply means âof Indiaâ. Of course, in Pakistan, that may not go down too well. Urdu, on the other hand, literally means military camp and the word by itself does not give one a clue as to where it is from.