Hindustani language. 19th-century page of text in the Hindustani language, spoken in what was then the north of the Indian subcontinent and now spoken

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Hindustani language. 19th-century page of text in the Hindustani language, spoken in what was then the north of the Indian subcontinent and now spoken in northern India and most of Pakistan. This page is from the sixth edition (1855) of 'A Grammar of the Hindustani Language' by British orientalist John Shakespear (1774-1858).

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