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Preferred term

dccDeccan  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Dakhini also spelled Dakkhani and Deccani, arose as a Muslim court language of the Deccan Plateau ca. 1300 AD in ways similar to Urdu. It is similar to Urdu in its mixture of Persian with a Hindi base, but differs in its strong influence from Arabic, Urdu, Konkani and Marathi. There is an extensive literature.

Entry terms

  • Dakhini

ISO 639-3 code

  • dcc

Notation

  • dcc

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/dcc

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