
Raana J. answered 05/02/20
English Tutor, Specializing in College Writing and Test Prep
Urdu was born in 12th century CE, in northwestern India, the region surrounding Delhi. Urdu originated from Apabhramsha language, which was the literary variety of an Indo-Aryan language called Prakrit. It was the time soon after the Muslim conquest of India that helped blossom Urdu into the language it later became.