Thursday, February 17, 2011

A short Introduction to Urdu

Urdu is the most widely spoken and understood language in pakistan and India.Urdu is concidered as the mother tongue language of more than 220 million prople and is actively used by 400 million people in both Pakistan and India. Mostly the Urdu speaking communities other than sub-continent are found in Germany, New Zealand , South Africa, Singrapore, Nepal ,UK and USA.

Urdu is the national language of Pakistan and it unites all people and all communities, Although  their mother tongue.It is a very communicative language both in Poetry and Songs and express emotion using simple and gentle words.Urdu language is a polite in its form of speech, hnmanity and equal respect to the servent and the master.

Urdu is written in Arabic Script, from right to left and developed very sophisticated and beautiful calligraphically scripts. Most of the newspapers and printed matters are print in this script. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Urdu is a highly stylized form and written in a Persian, Arabic and Turkish script.

When Pakistan came into being, Urdu becomes the national language of Pakistan. In all the big cities of Pakistan, mostly the people speak Urdu at home. Except in remote areas and other rural areas like in Baluchistan and Frontier province Urdu is the medium of education.

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