<p>Two-year-old African grey Mittu can say the traditional Muslim greeting 'Asalaam Alaykum' and speak other religious passages meaning in the name of Allah, as well as the more customary "who's a pretty boy?", Daily Mail reported.<br /><br />According to Mittu's owner Ghaffar Ahmed, his beloved bird can say "come here", "hello, how are you?" in Urdu along with other religious words.<br /><br />"He (the parrot) speaks Urdu and English. I don't know how many bilingual birds there are in the Britain but there can't be many," says Ahmed, 36.<br /><br />"My in-laws live in Bradford and a family, who they know, were looking to re-home the parrot as he was becoming too much of a handful.<br /><br />"They wanted him to go to a home that spoke the same language, so we said we'd have him on board and ever since then he has become part of the family.<br /><br />"He says a few words including 'Asalaam Alaykum', 'Bismillah', which means - in the name of Allah - and 'Shabaash' - which means well done," he said. <br /><br />Ahmed tells Mitto likes making all sorts of noises, as this bilingual bird can bark like a dog and make the noise of the refrigerator alarm!</p>
<p>Two-year-old African grey Mittu can say the traditional Muslim greeting 'Asalaam Alaykum' and speak other religious passages meaning in the name of Allah, as well as the more customary "who's a pretty boy?", Daily Mail reported.<br /><br />According to Mittu's owner Ghaffar Ahmed, his beloved bird can say "come here", "hello, how are you?" in Urdu along with other religious words.<br /><br />"He (the parrot) speaks Urdu and English. I don't know how many bilingual birds there are in the Britain but there can't be many," says Ahmed, 36.<br /><br />"My in-laws live in Bradford and a family, who they know, were looking to re-home the parrot as he was becoming too much of a handful.<br /><br />"They wanted him to go to a home that spoke the same language, so we said we'd have him on board and ever since then he has become part of the family.<br /><br />"He says a few words including 'Asalaam Alaykum', 'Bismillah', which means - in the name of Allah - and 'Shabaash' - which means well done," he said. <br /><br />Ahmed tells Mitto likes making all sorts of noises, as this bilingual bird can bark like a dog and make the noise of the refrigerator alarm!</p>