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The Urdu Alphabet
by Tahir Ali*****The Urdu Alphabet*****
#Introduction
1. Urdu is written in an adapted form of Arabic script. During the 8th Century the Persians began to use the Arabic script, adding a few letters for Persian sounds that did not occur in the Arabic language. Several centuries later, invaders of India who came from Central Asia, added more letters to write the language spoken in Delhi, India. This language eventually became known as Urdu.
2. The script is written from right to left: the opposite direction to English.
3. The same script is used to write other languages, including Pashto, Kashmiri, and Punjabi too, although Punjabi can also be written in a script called Gurumukhi.
*****The alphabet*****
There are 36 letters in the Urdu alphabet.
However, there are also some symbols that can go above or below letters to modify their sound, such as with the first letter of the Urdu alphabet " ا " alif and " آ " alif madd .
The letters of the alphabet_____Name of the letter (Transliteration)
آ________________________________alif madd
ا________________________________alif
ب________________________________bay
پ________________________________pay
ت________________________________tay
ٹ________________________________Tay
ث________________________________say
ج________________________________jeem
چ________________________________chay
ح________________________________hay
خ________________________________khay
د________________________________daal
ڈ________________________________Daal
ذ________________________________zaal
ر________________________________ray
ڑ________________________________Ray
ز________________________________zay
ژ________________________________zhay
س________________________________seen
ش________________________________sheen
ص________________________________svaad
ض________________________________zaad
ط________________________________toe
ظ________________________________zoe
ع________________________________ain
غ________________________________ghain
ف________________________________fay
ق________________________________qaaf
ک________________________________kaaf
گ________________________________ghaaf
ل________________________________laam
م________________________________meem
ن________________________________noon
و________________________________vaao
ہ________________________________chotee hay
ی________________________________chotee yay
ے________________________________baree yay
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