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Quizzes > Urdu > Beginner > The Urdu Alphabetby 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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