[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Persian and Urdu literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab) › [Nuh sipihr](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.nuh-sipihr) › [Nuh Sipihr (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.nuh-sipihr~en-elliot) › 3.2 # Nuh sipihr 3.2 Nuh Sipihr (extracts) 3.2 - **Language:** English ### [3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.nuh-sipihr~en-elliot.3.2) "Hind has observed the same rule in respect to language. In olden time it was Hindui. When the tribes, great and small, became intermixed, every one, bad and good, learnt Parsi, and all the other languages which existed never moved from their bounds. As God had taught them all, it is not proper to call them all bad. With the exception of Arabic, which, in consequence of the Kuran being written in it, is the most excellent and eloquent of languages, all the tongues differ from one another, and each one has some peculiar merit of its own. This one exclaims, 'My wine is better than all others.' Every one loses himself in his own cup, and no one admits that his own wine is vinegar. In short, it would be useless to enter into further discussion respecting Parsi, Turki, and Arabic." "As I was born in Hind, I may be allowed to say a word respecting its languages. There is at this time in every province a language peculiar to itself, and not borrowed from any other — Sindi, Lahori, Kashmiri, the language of Dugar, Dhur Samundar, Tilang, Gujarat, Ma'bar, Gaur, Bengal, Oudh, Dehli and its environs. These are all languages of Hind, which from ancient times have been applied in every way to the common purposes of life. - [Previous: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.nuh-sipihr~en-elliot.3.1) - [Next: 3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.nuh-sipihr~en-elliot.3.3) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.nuh-sipihr~en-elliot.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.nuh-sipihr~en-elliot.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.adab.nuh-sipihr~en-elliot.3.2) · Pramāṇa