Urdu

>>8362269

I don't know Urdu, but the script looks Arabic. If that is the case, the alphabet should be pretty easy for you. Just remember that the diacritics can mark for vowel sounds.

>>8362269
>>8362275

Same poster again.

I looked into it a little. Urdu is Pakistani, and does use the Arabic script as I thought.

In this case I recommend you learn Fus-ha Arabic as well, as Pakistan is a muslim country and Fus-ha will be a lingua franca for those who are muslims or were raised in madrasa or similar religious schools.

>>8362275

It's essentially Hindi written in the Arabic script, with a lot of Persian loanwords.

>>8362269

Can't tell you anything about the literature, but Urdu is awesome. Language learning isn't as tricky as people make it out to be (though that doesn't mean it's easy). Find a grammar, work your way through it, then jump in the deep end and start reading a book that you've already read in English. Look up all the words you don't know, etc.

One specific tip I have for you is that Arabic script, while beautiful, doesn't do a good job of displaying vowels. You'll want to use a site like Forvo.com to hear words spoken by native speakers so you'll know which vowels belong where. If you have any more questions feel free to ask.

>>8362318
Urdu is Hindustani. It originated in Northern regions of India. I'm OP and I'm a south Indian. Urdu was brought here by Quli Qutub Shah when he founded Hyderabad.

You are right when you say that it's a lingua franca of Pakistan but I think it's wrong to completely attribute origins of this language to Pakistan given that pre-partition, Pakistan and north India were collectively called "Hindustan".

>>8362326
>>8362318

But thanks senpaitachi. I know how to read the Arabic script but don't know Urdu grammar and vocabulary.

>>8362326
Just curious, how were you introduced to Urdu?

>>8362417

Sadly I don't actually have any Urdu knowledge, but I do have experience with Persian so I recognize a lot of those loanwords. I'm also in linguistics, so I know a bit about a wide range of languages. I'd love to learn Hindustani but it'll be a while till I can.

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I am interested as well. Lately I've been listening a lot of qawwalis by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and it made me wonder about how to approach learning it. Though it seems not many people speak it compared to other languages of the continent (japanese, mandarin). I will be monitoring this thread

>>8362269

Hi OP, I speak, read and write Urdu and am self taught.

How much Urdu do you currently know?

>>8362318

>In this case I recommend you learn Fus-ha Arabic as well, as Pakistan is a muslim country and Fus-ha will be a lingua franca for those who are muslims or were raised in madrasa or similar religious schools

>Fus-ha will be a lingua franca

This is probably the most ignorant thing I've ever read.

Urdu is the lingua franca of Pakistan, as the majority of Pakistanis have a regional language as their first language, i.e. Punjabi, Sindhi, Balochi, Pashtu, Potohari, Kashmiri, etc.

Most Pakistani Muslims are able to read Classical Arabic/the Qur'aan; however, the majority can't understand/speak it very well at all.

Hindustani (of which Hindi and Urdu are formal registers) is the lingua franca of the entire sub-continent.

>>8362269
Paki here, you should read Manto, Ghalib, Faiz, Mazhar ul Islam, John Elia.
Also Urdu uses an Iranian script and not the usual Arabic one.

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>>8363183

It uses the Perso-Arabic script, bhaai.

>tfw meri bivi ne halwa poori banaya
>pic related

Fuck off towelhead, don't you have an airport to bomb and a child to rape?

>>8363215
Christ your handwriting is shit.
behnchod likhna seekh
Just kidding man, you're alright.

>>8363218

kya baat hai, bhaai?

roti saalan chaiiye?

half cup chai pien?

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>>8363228

chapal khana chata ho!?

>>8362269
hello op, you have to go back

>>8362269
Linguistic fag here

Urdu uses the Iranian script and is more related to the Iranian languages script wise. If you wish to learn to read i would recommend studying that.

The language is so close to Hindi its insane. The big difference tho is loanwords. Urdu has more Iranian/Arabic loanwords while Hindi has more Sanskrit loanwords.

A hindi speaker could maybe help you

http://kitaabghar.com

>>8363228
>Christ your handwriting is shit.
WOW MEAN!
>Just kidding man, you're alright.
Ooooh... :3

>>8363255

>Linguistic fag here
>the language

You done goofed.

Jesus no one gave any resources to learn from. Did you only learn it from your mothers?

>>8362269
Try Interpals

>>8363266

I'm >>8363150

I would recommend Teach Yourself Urdu by David Matthews and Mohamed Kasim Dalvi.

I thinks it's been rebranded as 'Complete Urdu', under the Teach Yourself series' rebranding scheme.

Teach Yourself is like a franchise, so some of their books/courses are great while others aren't so good; it depends on the authors.

The Urdu book is fantastic.

>>8363281
Thanks sir downloading it now

>>8362269
Go live in Pakistan. Scum. Aur apni tabiyat auz mijaaz pe tavajju dein.

>>8362326
>It's essentially Hindi
Bakwaas band karein.