Chowrangi blog informs about a free interactive mobile app which introduces kids to Urdu alphabets and words. The app titled “Urdu Ustad” originally had the diaspora Urdu-speaking families as its ...

A UK-Based couple, Shahid Khan, IT professional, and Imbisaat Geti, scientist at the University of Cambridge, has taken on an unlikely project. They have started a YouTube channel to make Urdu simpler ...

For parents living outside Pakistan who want to teach their children the Urdu language, a group of students at Sukkur Institute of Business Administration (IBA) have launched a phone application.

“My grandmother said one learns English to woo a girl but when there’s heartbreak, you come back to Urdu,” shares Devyesh Tripathi, a lawyer practising at the Delhi High Court. The Urdu enthusiast ...

Discover some surprising facts about Urdu, including how much it has in common with other languages. Also available in Urdu with audio. 'I don't understand!' Learn this phrase in Urdu, as well as many ...

URDU alphabet has 54 letters, including 15 letters denoting aspirated sounds. The statement is often considered contentious as the inclusion of 15 letters for aspirated sounds plus ‘hamza’ and ‘alif ...

he fact that the alphabet of a language could be a contentious issue may be surprising for a large number of Pakistanis, given that we seldom dive deeply into the linguistics of Urdu or other ...