The Dogri language once had its own script, but today it is written in Devanagari and Perso-Arabic scripts.
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Perso-arabic
//ˈpəɹsoʊ̯ˌæɹəbɪk//
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Kashmiri Muslims use the Perso-Arabic script to write Kashmiri, whereas Kashmiri Hindus typically use the Devanagari script instead.
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Much of Urdu's vocabulary is of Perso-Arabic origin.
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The attitude towards Persian and Arabic vocabulary in India, and Bollywood songs in particular, is entirely different. While puristic tendencies are not unknown in Hindi (especially the re-Sanskritisation movement), we see no powerful drive to eradicate the lexica of Perso-Arabic origin, and the present work proves this on the basis of Bollywood songs’ texts.
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