This document will introduce you to a history of this beautiful South Asian language and will guide you to visit the YT channel where you can start to learn the Urdu language.
History of the Urdu language
Urdu is a beautiful language that is spoken by more than 200 million people worldwide in
countries like Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, the United Arab Emirates, and other parts of the
world. Urdu started developing in North India around Delhi in the 12th century. It was based on
the language spoken in the area around Delhi and was heavily influenced by Arabic and Persian
as well as Turkish.
Urdu originates from Hindi, sometimes referred to as the 'sister' language of Urdu due to its
grammatical basis. However, Hindi is written in 'Devanagari', a script similar to Sanskrit, and its
vocabulary is influenced more by Sanskrit than by Persian and Arabic.
During the 14th and 15th centuries, a lot of poetry and literature began to be written in Urdu.
Until recently, Urdu has been primarily associated with the Muslims of the Indian subcontinent,
but many major works of Urdu literature have been written by Hindu and Sikh authors.
After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, Urdu was chosen as the national language of the new
country. Today, Urdu is spoken in many countries of the world including UK, Canada, USA,
Middle East and India. In fact, India has more Urdu speakers than Pakistan. Urdu is written from
right to left like Arabic and the Urdu alphabet (38 in total) is very similar to the Arabic alphabet.
Urdu poets like Iqbal, Faiz and Ghalib are famous all over the world and Urdu writers also hold a
high place in the international literary world.
Urdu is a relatively easy language to learn. Apart from foreigners learning the language, many
overseas-born Pakistanis are also interested in learning the language to reconnect with their
cultural roots and heritage.
میں بھر دنیا جسے ہے زبان خوبصورت ایک اردو
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،پاکستان لوگ زیادہ سے ملین
میں ممالک جیسے حصوں دیگر کے دنیا اور امارات عرب متحدہ ،افغانستان ،ہندوستان
ہیں۔ بولتے
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شروع ترقی کی اردو میں ہندوستان شمالی پاس آس کے دہلی میں صدی ویں
ہوئی
پر اس اور ،تھی مبنی پر زبان والی جانے بولی میں عالقے کے پاس آس کے دہلی یہ ۔
تھا۔ اثر زیادہ بہت کا ترکی ساتھ ساتھ کے فارسی اور عربی
اسے سے وجہ کی بنیاد کی گرامر اسی اوقات بعض ،ہے ہوتی سے ہندی ابتدا کی اردو
ہندی ،تاہم ہے۔ جاتا کہا زبان ''بہن کی اردو
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دیوناگر
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سنسکرت کہ جو ،گئی لکھی میں
زیادہ سے اثر کے عربی اور فارسی پر الفاظ کے اس اور ،ہے طرح کی الخط رسم کی
ہے۔ اثر کا سنسکرت
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اور ویں
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ابھی لگا۔ جانے لکھا ادب و شعر زیادہ بہت میں اردو دوران کے صدی ویں
مسلمان کے ہند و پاک برصغیر پر طور بنیادی اردو ،میں ہی حال
،ہے ہوئی جڑی سے وں
ہیں۔ لکھے نے مصنفین سکھ اور ہندو کام بڑے سے بہت کے ادب اردو لیکن
CONTENTS
Common Urdu Phrases
Urdu Adjectives
Urdu Pronouns
Building Vocabulary
Situation-Based Conversation
Urdu Tenses
1. Indefinite
2. Continuous
3. Perfect
4. Perfect Continuous
The contents of this book are in video format which can be
viewed (by visiting the links mentioned in each section below) on our
YouTube channel.
Introduction Section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak3d1r9sKDk
Common Urdu Phrases
Good morning Subha Ba Khair or Assalam O Alaikum بخیر صبح
Good afternoon Do Pehar Ba Khair or Assalam O Alaikum دوپہربخیر
Good evening Shaam Ba Khair or Assalam O Alaikum بخیر شام
Good night! Shab Bakhair! بخیر شب
Yes Ji Haan ہاں جی
No Nahin نہیں
Please Barae Meharbani مہربانی برائے
Thanks shukriya شکریہ
Congratulations mubarak ho ہو مبارک
My name is ....... Mera Naam Hai..... ہے نام میرا .......
Nice to meet you Aap se Mil Ke Khushi Huwi ہوئی خوشی کر مل سے آپ
Common Urdu Phrases: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q__byG5SsX0
More Daily words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIo5LS-H7ys
The contents of this book are in video format which can be viewed by visiting the following links on our
YouTube channel.
Visit these links:
Introduction Section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak3d1r9sKDk
Common Urdu Phrases: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q__byG5SsX0
More Daily words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIo5LS-H7ys
Urdu Adjectives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__7BxezLqNY
Urdu Pronouns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ1U1Ogy8w4
Building Vocabulary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWP1xxz1Epw
Learning Tenses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d-KYjaLE4M&t=55s
Situation based Convr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkgGk6jvPK0
Urdu Alphabet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dlt3fUT-XA
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