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Guess who's speaking Arabic? 50,000 Indians
Would you believe that India has more than 50,000 people whose mother tongue is Arabic?
According to the census data on linguistic groups released recently, India had 51,728 people whose mother tongue was Arabic in 2001, a little over 18,000 of them living in Bihar and just under 8,500 living in Uttar Pradesh. There were nine other states with at least 1,000 Arabic-speaking people.
Since it is difficult to believe there are so many ethnic Arabs living in India, we can only presume they must be elite Muslims, many of whom proudly claim that they can trace their ancestry to the Arabs. The number of Arabic-speakers more than doubled from under 22,000 in the 1991 census.
India isn't just a land with a significant Arabic-speaking population, but also one with close to 12,000 people whose mother tongue is Persian.
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stealth said
it neednt be surprising ...it neednt be surprising
bakamuna said
with over a billion people, ...with over a billion people, somebody should be speaking something
dragonfly212 said
they pretty good actually. ...they pretty good actually. bravo to Indian. I know is not easy to learn any languange rather then our mother tongue.
Everybody is right Everybody is wrong, it depend where we stand.
SPEED said
Any Qatari family there ...Any Qatari family there
He who purifies his heart from doubt is a believer - Imam Ali (AS)
shamsquare said
Multilingual, multicultural and many more ...I think it is a country rich with lot of passion, culture, heritage and lets face it... it is one of teh oldest civilizations in the world. ALthough people in this part of the world do not value the Indian skilled labour...
If you look at it, there are only a few civilizations in the world, which truly reflect its past heritage and culture.. Care to name a few?
spicemeup said
Multicultural diversiy ...Yeah rite how many of whom got brainwashed and converted ...
Gud for Islam rite its the second most popular religion after hinduism
The expatriate law on sponsorship s**** and we are wrking like slaves for these id**** and finally racist to add to all the dilemma
bakamuna said
spicemum about the law..lets ...spicemum about the law..lets hope that they tell something and do something else :) like they do most of the time...
canarybird said
shamsquare - Indian skilled..... ...Indian skilled labour is a thing of the past it you consider the buildings and beautiful monuments that which were made and no one nowadays can reproduce in the same way, handcrafting was handed down from generation to generation but somehow got lost .
Iran is a typical example of a lost heirtage and and skills they are not able nowadays to produce anything like they did in the past.
Many of the skills are lost and gone forever not only in India.
jackmohan2007 said
We have lost a lot of ancient knowledge: ...We have lost a lot of ancient knowledge in :
Ayur-veda (art of medicine) is genuinely practiced by very few people and is not growing as a branch.
Gandharva-veda (art of music and dance)....not growing can be considered as dwindling.
Dhanur-veda (art of warfare). Extinct with the exception of Kalaripittu.
Shilpa-veda (art of architecture). Extinct , now the practioners are more vastushastra consultants with only a vague knowledge.
Each of the above took a lifetime to learn and master. While what is taught
today in India is just a tip of the iceberg and one can learn all these 4
subjects within a span of say 10 yrs.
nisha ananth said
salala in oman looks so much ...salala in oman looks so much like kerala in india it makes one wonder ........so many unanswered questions
nadt said
spicemeup qoute: Yeah ...spicemeup qoute:
Yeah rite how many of whom got brainwashed and converted ...
Gud for Islam rite its the second most popular religion after hinduism
The expatriate law on sponsorship s**** and we are wrking like slaves for these id**** and finally racist to add to all the dilemma
why do you always assume if someone has converted to Islam they have been brainwashed. Infact its a hard religion to practice and people dont enter into it lightly. your views are very limited.
Re expatriates laws on sponsorship you are right i agree on that but i wouldnt judge people or religion as to what goes on here as it clearly is against Islamic principles re the way workers get treated her. Just as i wouldnt judge all indians based on your attitude, if i did that then i wouldnt think much of Indians, but quite contrary i have a lot of respect for all the hard respectable Indians no matter where they live, who dont whine at the world like you always seem to do...and they just get on with life...
thexonic said
its actually more than ...its actually more than 100,000 people, but they dont live in india.
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No human can stop racism and its easier to make a deaf hear u than an ignorant.
samdoha said
many muslim community in ...many muslim community in India have roots in Yemen, Iran etc. They still follow their own culture and language.
abe said
More on the Salalah's Kerala connection ...Nisha:'salala in oman looks so much like kerala in india...'
More on the Salalah's Kerala connection-
Legend says Cherumaan Perumaal, ancient ruler of Kodugaloor (one of the old kingdoms of Kerala) who learnt about the new Prophet who had come with a new religion, immediately decided to travel to Arabia with his Prime Minister, and visit the Prophet himself. It is said that he travelled with the Arab traders to Arabia and accepted Islam. Some accounts say that he accepted Islam personally at the hands of the Prophet, while some accounts say that he was taught Islam by one of the Companions of the Prophet.
On their way back to Kerala, King Perumaal, fell ill and decided to get off at the Port of Salalah, in present-day Oman.
In Salalah, king Perumaal married an Arab lady in Salalah, had children by her, and when he died years later, he was buried near the grave of Prophet Ayub (Job) in Salalah.
PM said
Mir: What do laws regarding ex-pats here ...have to do with Indians being multi-lingual?
Still at it huh? Please consider getting some help, Mir. I really mean that in a sincere way. You won't have the kind of friends and life you desire until you resolve some of your issues.
A life unexamined is not worth living -- Socrates
MR PAUL said
Spicemeup, again you are wrong.... ..."Gud for Islam rite its the second most popular religion after hinduism"
I suggest you check out this link...
http://www.adherents...
abdullah2008 said
Helo abe ...Hey
man why you put that picture?
it's really looks bad.
please change it.
don't angry with me, but when i saw that
i got iakh iakh...