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	Welcome to Easy Read Urdu!
		In Urdu script each letter is represented by about four different forms, depending upon their locations with in a word.
		It is because Urdu in Nastaleeq script has fewer capability than the Urdu being typed, from Left to Right, in English or Roman script.
		In Roman script each Urdu letter can be represented by only one symbol or so.
	www.easyrecitearabic.org /others/urdu/Faq.htm (802 words)

	Welcome to Easy Read Urdu!
		For half a century, the arguments have continued in Pakistan, whether to insist and live (and die) with 'Nastaleeq' or 'Naskh' scripts of Urdu, or devise fresh fonts and scripts suitable and compatible with present and future requirements, such as gaining significance in the information age.
		It was a great positive step, safeguarding Urdu scripts of 'Nastaleeq' and 'Naskh' and Urdu literature in their original forms and shapes.
		The 'Nastaleeq' or 'Naskh' of Urdu surrendered to 'Devnagri' in India, got overthrown in Bangladesh, lost its notability and patronage in Pakistan and, (apparently) is breathing its last during the information age competition on the Internet.
	www.easyrecitearabic.org /others/urdu/Background.htm (1566 words)

	MEALAC Hindi/Urdu Language FAQ
		You will learn Urdu script in the intermediate class, or else you can audit the Urdu script part of the intermediate class even when you are in the elementary class, if you want to learn Urdu script very fast.
		Learning the Hindi script (which is easy and helpful to the learner) will help you with the Urdu script (which is a bit harder).
		Hindi and "Urdu" share an entirely common grammar, so from a linguistic point of view they are one language.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/mealac/languages/hindiurdu/faq.html (1566 words)

	Authorselect.asp?Author=Faiz+Ahmed+Faiz
		A transcription into Roman script has been added for those who can understand but may not be able to read Urdu.
		The Urdu text appears here in easy-to-read calligraphed script with two translations, a 'literary' one and a 'literal' one- a scholarly transliteration into roman script.
		This book includes a representative collection of Faiz's poetry, and is being presented with text in Urdu, Hindi and Roman script along with English poetic translation by Khawaja Tariq Mahmood.
	www.indiaclub.com /shop/Authorselect.asp?Author=Faiz+Ahmed+Faiz (206 words)

	Urdu Language, Ordu, Muslim Language, Urdu Literature, Urdu Poetry, Urdu Poets.
		Court circles, Persian and Arabic scholars and especially the Muslims of Delhi adapted this language with much eagerness, and from the end of the 18th century the Mughal house turned only to Urdu.
		This language would be based on the literary traditions of Dakhni and have the Persian script alongwith generous usage of Perso-Arabic words, idioms and theme ideas.
		Delhi Urdu as a Muslim language thus took birth.
	languages.iloveindia.com /urdu.html (206 words)

	Sadapunjab : LITERATURE THE GOLDEN WORDS FROM PUNJABI WIRTERS, POETS AROUND THE WORLD , MAKGING HISTORY WITH THEIR PUNJABI EXPERTISE :
		There was a movement for the promotion of the Punjabi language in the 1980s and -90s, and some Punjabi literature is being published using the Urdu script; among the works published are Punjabi classics that have hitherto been available in Gurmukhi script or preserved in oral tradition.
		It seems to have been modified from the Landa script, which is used to write the Punjabi, Lahnda, and Sindhi languages.
		Landa, Gurmukhi, and two other scripts used in northwestern India, Sharada and Takri, make up a related group that is probably descended from a common ancestor
	www.sadapunjab.com /articles.asp?m=3&c=25&p=&cat=FESTIVALS (206 words)

	More Information
		The devanagari text that displays on these webpages is a phonetic transcription of the Urdu characters into devanagari script and does not follow Modern Standard Hindi spelling.
		While all the characters for Urdu script, devanagari, and transliteration have been encoded into Unicode, only certain fonts have the glyphs used to represent these scripts.
		Windows 2000 and XP users using Netscape 6+ or IE 6+ should be able to see the Urdu script.
	www.columbia.edu /~asp49/00ghalib/moreinfo.html (318 words)

	Latest Releases
		A very large number of people who are fascinated by Urdu literature are unable to benefit from its richness, as the books are not available in Devnagari script.
		Sushma Swaraj has said that Urdu is a very rich and sweet language but is handicapped because not many Urdu books are available in Devnagari script.
		The ghazals in Devnagari script compiled by Dr. Nigam would go a long way to bridge the gap and benefit a large number of readers, she said.
	pib.nic.in /archieve/lreleng/lyr2001/raug2001/21082001/r210820019.html (318 words)

	Download Nafees Naskh
		Center for Research in Urdu Language Processing (CRULP, http://www.crulp.org/) at National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (http://www.nu.edu.pk/) is pleased to announce updated version of character-based Nafees Web Naskh Open Type Font for writing Urdu in Naskh script based on Unicode standard.
		This updated version has complete support of Aerabs for Urdu and updated glyphs for Latin characters.
		The Font Software may be sold as part of a larger software package but no copy of one or more of the Font Software typefaces may be sold by itself.
	www.crulp.org /nafeesWebNaskh.html (322 words)

	Punjab Online: Culture of Punjab
		Among the Muslims, a number of eminent writers, poets, painters, actors and singers made their mark in the field of culture, such as Agh'a Hashar Kashmiri (famous script writer and dramatist), Iqbal.
		The contribution of Punjabi Hindus to the development of Urdu language cannot be overlooked.
		Pandit Dattatreya Kaifi has enriched Urdu language as a linguist and scholar.
	www.punjabonline.com /servlet/library.culture?P=19 (322 words)

	Using Raakim
		Sindhi, Baluchi and Pushto have more characters than Urdu so they have to be written in the Naskh script.
		Urdu can be written in the Nastaliq or Naskh script whereas Arabic and Persian are mostly written in the
		As the Naskh script is the lowest common denominator in the languages supported, hence the keyboard
	www.raakim.com /using_raakims_editor.asp (258 words)

	Urdu
		Urdu has also been written using the Roman script since the days of the British Raj, partly as a result of the availability and low cost of Roman movable type for printing presses.
		The largest difference between Urdu and Hindi is that Urdu is written in the Nasta'liq (Nastaleeq) form of the modified Arabic script (read from right to left) while Hindi is written in the Devanagari script.
		Urdu was the premiere language of poetry in South Asia for two centuries and has a large and rich collection of poetry in a variety of forms.
	www.nvtc.gov /lotw/months/february/urdu.html (537 words)

	Hugo's Urdu Page
		However, while Hindi is written from left to right in Devanagari script, Urdu most often is written in a Persian-Arabic script: Nastaleeq or Naskh.
		Varieties of the Arabic script (in Urdu, Pashto...)
		Hugo's Urdu Alphabet Page("linear version", takes a lot of time to download but is easier to print)
	users.skynet.be /hugocoolens/urdu/urdumain.html (537 words)

	Urdu language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Urdu’s own script is far more superior [sic] to the Roman script, yet the younger generation of Urdu speaking people around the world are using it on the Internet and it has become essential for them, because they use the Internet and English is its language.
		Urdu is a member of the Hindustani group of languages, which is a subgroup of the Indo Aryan group of languages, which is in turn part of the Indo European family of languages.
		Urdu is written in a derivative of the Persian alphabet which is itself derivative of the Arabic alphabet.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Urdu_language (537 words)

	Evolution of Andhra script from Brahmi
		Brahmi was the ancient Indian script from which all-Indian scripts except Urdu, Sindhi and Punjabi evolved.
		Kashmiri was written in Sharada script in ancient times but now is written in religious basis, Muslims write it on Urdu and Hindus of Kashmiri write it in Devnagari.
		This script was written from right to left like other Islamic scripts and it died a natural death as it was not good enough for our languages especially Sanscrit.
	www.khojhyd.com /city/interview/rajareddy/andhrascript.htm (537 words)

	Indian Languages
		Urdu is written in the Persio-Arabic script and contains many words from the Persian language.
		Kashmiri: It is a language written in both Persio-Arabic and Devnagri script and is spoken by 55 percent of the population of Jammu and Kashmir.
		Urdu: It is the state language of Jammu and Kashmir and it evolved with Hindi in the capital of India, Delhi.
	www.indiainvitation.com /heritages/languages.html (888 words)

	History of Urdu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although Urdu and Hindi are separated by two completely different writing systems (Perso-Arabic script and Devanagari script, respectively) and formal vocabularies, the two language communities have been continuously connected by commerce and culture.
		Urdu soon gained distinction as the preferred language in the Persian courts of Hindustan which brought Islam to this region, and to this day retains an important place in literary and cultural spheres.
		The history of Urdu (اردو) is a fascinating story involving history, linguistics, ethnicity, religion, and national identity.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Urdu (605 words)

	Urdu language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Urdu’s own script is far more superior [sic] to the Roman script, yet the younger generation of Urdu speaking people around the world are using it on the Internet and it has become essential for them, because they use the Internet and English is its language.
		Urdu developed as a vernacular dialect from the interaction between local Indian Sanskrit-derived Prakrits and the languages that were spoken in the courts of the rulers of The Subcontinent, from the time of the Delhi Sultanate to the Mughal Empire and its succeeding states.
		Urdu by itself is the twentieth most popular 'first' language in the world and the national language of Pakistan and one of the 22 national languages of India.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Urdu (605 words)

	Arabic - Test for Unicode support in Web browsers
		It is used for the following languages: Arabic, Farsi (the official language of Iran), Jawi, Kurdish, Pashto (the official language of Afghanistan), Sindhi and Urdu (the official language of Pakistan); it can also be used for Panjabi.
		You can see some Unicode Urdu on the Ghazal Web page.
		The characters that appear in the first column of the following table depend on the browser that you are using, the fonts installed on your computer, and the browser options you have chosen that determine the fonts used to display particular character sets, encodings or languages.
	www.alanwood.net /unicode/arabic.html (579 words)

	Class on The Web
		Roughly 35 are of some significance, particularly Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Bihari, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Tamil, and Telugu, each of which has at least 10 million speakers.
		Two major varieties of Hindi are spoken; Western Hindi, which originated in the area around Delhi, includes literary Hindi and Urdu and Eastern Hindi is spoken mainly in central Uttar Pradesh and eastern Madhya Pradesh; its most important literary works are in the Awadhi dialect (or Hindustani).
		Gujarati is the state language of Gujarat - a western state of India.
	www.classontheweb.com /sublinks/parents/IndanlangandFestival/ilang.htm (1053 words)

	hindi and Urdu .... Is Urdu is from hindi or ....
		In the 1930's, the Indian National Congress advocated both scripts, whereas the Muslim League wanted only Persian script...when Pakistan was created, there was no political need to compromise Hindi and Urdu as Hindustani, and thus Hindustani was officially split up into Hindi and Urdu.
		The script of hindustani was arabic and it used more persian and arabic than sanskrit.
		Secondly, the devnagari script and similar Brahmic scripts have always been more understandable (in terms of numbers) than the Persian/Arabic script.
	www.bangladesh.com /forums/showthread.php3?threadid=6031&pagenumber=2 (1053 words)

	Urdu
		Urdu’s own script is far more superior [sic] to the Roman script, yet the younger generation of Urdu speaking people around the world are using it on the Internet and it has become essential for them, because they use the Internet and English is its language.
		Urdu developed as a vernacular dialect from the interaction between local Indian Sanskrit-derived Prakrits and the languages that were spoken in the courts of the rulers of The Subcontinent, from the time of the Delhi Sultanate to the Mughal Empire and its succeeding states.
		Urdu is a member of the Hindustani group of languages, which is a subgroup of the Indo Aryan group of languages, which is in turn part of the Indo European family of languages.
	www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Urdu (2980 words)

	Urdu language - Open Encyclopedia
		Urdu’s own script is far more superior [sic] to the Roman script, yet the younger generation of Urdu speaking people around the world are using it on the Internet and it has become essential for them, because they use the Internet and English is its language.
		Urdu developed as a vernacular dialect from the interaction between local Indian Sanskrit-derived Prakrits and the languages that were spoken in the courts of the rulers of the The Subcontinent, from the time of the Delhi Sultanate to the Mughal Empire and its succeeding states.
		Urdu is a member of the Hindustani group of languages, which is a subgroup of the Indo Aryan group of languages, which is in turn part of the Indo European family of languages.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Urdu (2618 words)

	Verbix -- Misc languages: Indo-Aryan: conjugate Urdu verbs
		The most apparent difference is the script: Urdu uses Arabic-Persian script with some for Urdu only letters, Hindi uses Devanagari.
		Phonologically and morphologically Urdu and Hindi are one and the same language.
		Urdu is a New Indo-Aryan language, spoken by 50 million people in Pakistan and India.
	www.verbix.com /languages/urdu.shtml (2618 words)

	Locale requirement of Persian in Iran, first public draft
		> > At the level of the current conversation, however, modern standard Persian > is written in the Perso-Arabic script. Urdu is also written in the > Perso-Arabic > script.
		All it cares about is that the Arabic script uses Arabic shaping rules and the 06xx block of Unicode characters; period.
		The ARABIC LETTER BEH which is used in Arabic, Persian, > > Urdu, Pashto, Sindhi, Kurdish, Kashmiri, Malay, Balochi, Uzbek, > > Kazakh, Uighur, etc. is the SAME intrinsic character in all of them.
	lists.sharif.edu /pipermail/persiancomputing/2004-June/001537.html (2618 words)

	Sindhi alphabets
		The modern Sindhi abjad is based on the version of the Perso-Arabic script used to write Urdu and was adopted, under British influence, in 1852.
		Arabic, Hausa, Kashmiri, Kazak, Kurdish, Kyrghyz, Malay, Morisco, Pashto, Persian/Farsi, Sindhi, Tatar, Turkish, Uyghur, Urdu
		During the 19th century, the Landa script was adapted to write Sindhi.
	www.omniglot.com /writing/sindhi.htm (2618 words)

	World War 1 and 2 - Javed Akhtar
		The son of Urdu poet Jan Nisar Akhtar, he is also a major script and lyric-writer in the Bollywood film industry of India.
		Javed Akhtar (born January 17, 1945) is an Urdu poet and prose writer from India.
		Some of his most successful work was done in the late 70s and 80s with Salim Khan as half of the script-writing duo credited as Salim-Javed.
	www.worldwardiary.com /history/Javed_Akhtar (95 words)

	Urdu language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Urdu’s own script is far more superior [sic] to the Roman script, yet the younger generation of Urdu speaking people around the world are using it on the Internet and it has become essential for them, because they use the Internet and English is its language.
		Urdu developed as a vernacular dialect from the interaction between local Indian Sanskrit-derived Prakrits and the languages that were spoken in the courts of the rulers of The Subcontinent, from the time of the Delhi Sultanate to the Mughal Empire and its succeeding states.
		Urdu is a member of the Hindustani group of languages, which is a subgroup of the Indo Aryan group of languages, which is in turn part of the Indo European family of languages.
	www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php?title=Urdu_language&printable=yes (3014 words)

	INDEX
		Sufr-e-Manzil-e-Shub YAd NahiN: In urdu script as well as ascii formats.
		Sarod-e-Anjum: A Persian Poem from Pyam-e-Mushriq (1923) by Iqbal in urdu script jpg as well as ascii versions
		A Book Review in HTM Version: The Golden Tradition: An Anthology of Urdu Poetry, By Ahmed Ali, Published by Columbia University Press, New York, 1973.
	members.aol.com /javaidk809 (140 words)

	Urdu alphabet, pronunciation and language
		Urdu has been written with a version of the Perso-Arabic script since the 12th century and is normally written in Nastaliq style.
		Urdu is also spoken in Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Botswana, Fiji, Germany, Guyana, India, Malawi, Mauritius, Nepal, Norway, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Thailand, the UAE, the UK and Zambia.
		Urdu is an Indo-Aryan language with about 104 million speakers, including those who speak it as a second language.
	www.omniglot.com /writing/urdu.htm (176 words)

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