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Urdu Alphabet Guide for Learners

The document provides information about the Urdu alphabet including: - A table showing the English letters and their equivalent in Urdu along with the name of each Urdu letter. - Details about long vowels and short vowels in Urdu and the symbols used to represent them. - Additional facts such as Urdu being written right to left, there being 39 letters in the Urdu alphabet, and letters/symbols representing short/long vowels.

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Urdu Alphabet Guide for Learners

The document provides information about the Urdu alphabet including: - A table showing the English letters and their equivalent in Urdu along with the name of each Urdu letter. - Details about long vowels and short vowels in Urdu and the symbols used to represent them. - Additional facts such as Urdu being written right to left, there being 39 letters in the Urdu alphabet, and letters/symbols representing short/long vowels.

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English English

Letter Urdu Name of the Letter Urdu Name of the


/Symbol Letter Urdu Letter /Symbol Letter Urdu Letter
Equivalent Equivalent

a ‫ا‬ alif z ‫ز‬ ze

b ‫ب‬ be ž ‫ژ‬ že

p ‫پ‬ pe s ‫س‬ sīn

t ‫ت‬ te š ‫ش‬ šīn

ṭ ‫ٹ‬ ṭe s ‫ص‬ svād

s ‫ث‬ se z ‫ض‬ zvād

j ‫ج‬ jīm t ‫ط‬ toe

č ‫چ‬ če z ‫ظ‬ zoe

h ‫ح‬ baṛī he ‘ ‫ع‬ ‘ain

x ‫خ‬ xe ǧ ‫غ‬ ǧain

d ‫د‬ dāl f ‫ف‬ fe

ḍ ‫ڈ‬ ḍāl q ‫ق‬ qāf

z ‫ذ‬ zāl k ‫ك‬ kāf

r ‫ر‬ re g ‫گ‬ gāf

ṛ ‫ڑ‬ ṛe l ‫ل‬ lām

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‫م‬
Long Vowels
m mīm
ā ‫ٓا‬ alif madd
n ‫ن‬ nūn
ū, o, au ‫و‬ vāo
ṅ ‫ ں‬nūn ǧunna
‫ى‬ choṭī ye
v ‫و‬ vāo ī, e, ai
‫ے‬ baṛī ye

h, a ‫ ہ‬choṭī he
(silent)
-h ‫ ھ‬do cašmī
he
Facts from the Urdu Letters Video:
• Written from right to left
‫ ى‬choṭī ye • 39 letters in the Urdu alphabet
y • Various letters and symbols represent
‫ ے‬baṛī ye •
short & long vowels
Usually written in the nasta’liq script
• When handwriting Urdu, I will be using
Short Vowels naskh script (to learn why, watch the
a ◌َ zabar video )

i ◌ِ zer
u ◌ُ peš
◌ّ tašdīd
‫ء‬ humzā
-an ً‫ا‬ tanvīn

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