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Understand Urdu [اُردُو‎] language

Today we are going to understand Urdu language. I have explored some very good facts about this language of LOVE [Urdu] which I am going to sharing with you people. Hope you will enjoy reading this.

Urdu اُردُو‎ belongs to the Indo-European family of languages. It has its origins in Sanskrit then it developed into the Prakrits and later was influenced by Persian and Arabic due to historical events. It is the widest spoken language in the world with 335,148, 868 native speakers in all countries and 505 million who speak it as a first and second language worldwide. Majority of the Urdu speaking people live in India, Pakistan, Fiji, Mauritius and Nepal. Urdu is also official language of Pakistan and India. It has suffered from numerous reforms throughout its history and has a religious association with Islam and Muslims.  
Urdu is the language of thousands of writers and Shayars [Poets]. Who used to write and express Love between Human, Nature and God. specially for love between a girl and boy. 
The language is also called the language of Love, because of its pronunciation and art of writing. I heard from so many peoples that if someone will abuse you in Urdu you would feel good instead of being angry, due to the way of speaking of this language. Very interesting!!!

Some of the famous Poet of Urdu poetry and literature are:

Alphabets in Urdu

Serial No.
Name / Pronunciation
Roman
Alphabets
1
الف
alif
ā, ʾ, –
ا
2
بے
be
b
ب
3
پے
pe
p
پ
4
تے
te
t
ت
5
ٹے
ṭe
ٹ
6
ثے
s̱e
ث
7
جیم
jīm
j
ج
8
چے
ce
c
چ
9
بڑی حے
baṛī ḥe
ح
10
خے
khe
kh
خ
11
دال
dāl
d
د
12
ڈال
ḍāl
ڈ
13
ذال
ẕāl
ذ
14
رے
re
r
ر
15
ڑے
ṛe
ڑ
16
زے
ze
z
ز
17
ژے
zhe
zh
ژ
18
سین
sīn
s
س
19
شین
shīn
sh
ش
20
صواد
ṣwād
ص
21
ضواد
ẓwād
ض
22
طوئے
t̤oʾe
ط
23
ظوئے
z̤oʾe
ظ
24
عین
ʿain
ā, o, e, ʿ, –
ع
25
غین
ghain
gh
غ
26
فے
fe
f
ف
27
قاف
qāf
q
ق
28
کاف
kāf
k
ک
29
گاف
gāf
g
گ
30
لام
lām
l
ل
31
میم
mīm
m
م
32a
نون
nūn
n
ن
32b
نون غنه
nūn ghunnah
ں
33
واؤ
wāʾo
v, ū, o, au
و
34
چھوٹی ہے
choṭī he
h
ه
35
دو چشمی ہے
do-cashmī he
h
ھ
36
ہمزہ
hamzah
ʾ, –
ء
37
چھوٹی یے
choṭī ye
y, ī, á
ي
38
بڑی یے
baṛī ye
ai, e
ے

Consonants in Urdu 

Digraph
Pronounce and write in Roman
بھ
bh
پھ
ph
تھ
th
ٹھ
ṭh
جھ
jh
چھ
ch
دھ
dh
ڈھ
ḍh
رھ
ṛh
ڑھ
ṛh
کھ
kh
گھ
gh
لھ
lh
مھ
mh
نھ
nh
وھ
wh
یھ
yh




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