Bilingual parrot learns to speak Urdu

"The bilingual bird has developed an impressive vocabulary in both English and Urdu after being raised in a home where both are spoken.
As well as the likes of ‘who’s a pretty boy then’, the two-year-old has mastered the traditional Muslim greeting ‘asalaam alaykum’ and ‘bismillah’, the Urdu for ‘in the name of Allah’.
Owner Ghaffar Ahmed, 36, said: ‘He speaks Urdu and English. But he also barks like a dog and makes the noise of the refrigerator alarm, so he likes making all sorts of noises really.’
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