Urdu For All - An Introduction to Urdu Script

Author: Roop Krishen Bhat
Publisher: National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language
Year: 2005
Language: Urdu
Pages: 116
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8175870622

Description

National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Secondary & Higher Education, Govt of India, has been set up to promote, develop and propagate Urdu language. Urdu is one of the important national languages of India and is spoken throughout the country. There are large number of Indians who know the language, can speak it, but do not know he script.


This text is intended primarily for use in distance-learning of Urdu courses focusing on teaching of reading and writing of the Urdu script. Each of the twenty lessons offered here is complemented by a corresponding lesson in the accompanying collection of Response Sheets. Together, the Response Sheets and this manual will provide the learner with a comprehensive knowledge of the basic rules governing the Urdu script.

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Urdu Alphabet and Roman Transcription

Lesson-1 - Lesson - 20

Traditional order of Urdu alphabet

Punctuation Marks, Abbreviations and Numerals