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Friday, 29 January 2016
Urdu alphabets and pronunciation
Urdu alphabets consist of 38 letters. Urdu alphabets is a right-to-left alphabets used for the Urdu language. Urdu is the official language of Pakistan. It is a modification of Persian alphabets..and most of the words in Persian, Arabic, and Turkish languages are added in Urdu language.
Alif. ا
Bay. ب
Pay. پ
soft 't'. Tay. ت
Hard 't' Like t in tangy. Tay. ٹ
Say. ث
Jeem. ج
Chay. چ
Hay. ح
Khay. خ
Soft 'd' Daal. د
hard 'd' Like d in duck Dal. ڈ
Zaal. ذ
Ray. ر
Array. ڑ
Zay. ز
Yay. ژ
Seen. س
Sheen ش
Suaad. ص
Zuaad. ض
Tuway. ط
Zuway. ظ
Aayin. ع
Ghayin. غ
Fay. ف
Qaaf. ق
Kaaf. ک
Laam. ل
Meem. م
Noon. ن
Noon ghunnah ں
Wow. و
Hay. ہ
Hay. ھ
Hamza ء
yay. ی
Yay. ے
These are the countries in which Urdu language is spoken:
Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burma, Canada, France, Fiji, Germany, Guyana, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Malawi, Mauritius, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, Tajikistan, the UAE,USA, the UK, Uganda, Uzbekistan, and Zambia.