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==Facts about Urdu == | ==Facts about Urdu == | ||
*'''Language code (ISO 639-3)''': <code>urd</code> | *'''Language code (ISO 639-3)''': <code>urd</code> | ||
*'''Autonyms''' (''how to write "Urdu" in Urdu''): <code>اُردُو</code> | |||
*'''Other names for "Urdu"''': <code>Urdu, Islami, Undri, Urudu, Bihari, Modern Standard Urdu</code> | |||
*'''The Urdu language is spoken in''': <code>Pakistan</code> | |||
Urdu is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the official national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. | |||
In India, Urdu is an Eighth Schedule language whose status, function, and cultural heritage is recognized by the Constitution of India; it has some form of official status in several Indian states. | |||
In Nepal, Urdu is a registered regional dialect. Urdu has been described as a Persianised standard register of the Hindustani language. Urdu and Hindi share a common Indo-Aryan vocabulary base and very similar phonology and syntax, making them mutually intelligible in colloquial speech. | |||
===Sources=== | |||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdu | |||
==Urdu Dictionaries== | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.urduword.com/ UrduWord]: Urdu-English dictionary <span class="k">(Urdu & Latin characters)</span> | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://rekhtadictionary.com/ Rekhta]: Urdu-Hindi-English dictionary | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://www.dictionaryurdu.com DictionaryUrdu] Urdu > English dictionary <span class="k">(Latin characters)</span> | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.urdu-english.com/lessons/beginner Urdu-English.com]: Urdu-English vocabulary by topics | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://www.goethe-verlag.com/book2/EN/ENUR/ENUR002.HTM Goethe-Verlag]: Urdu-English common phrases & illustrated [http://www.goethe-verlag.com/book2/_VOCAB/EN/ENUR/ENUR.HTM vocabulary] <span class="k">(+ audio)</span> | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://fieldsupport.dliflc.edu/index.aspx Defense language institute]: [https://fieldsupport.dliflc.edu/products/urdu/ur_bc_LSK/default.html basic vocabulary] <span class="k">(+ audio)</span> - [https://fieldsupport.dliflc.edu/products/urdu/ur_ca_LSK/default.html civil affairs] - [https://fieldsupport.dliflc.edu/products/urdu/ur_md_LSK/default.html medical] | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/studentspractica00prasuoft?view=theater Student's practical dictionary] <span class="x">containing English words with English and Urdu meanings</span>, by Dwarka Prasad & Ram Narain Lal (1943) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/cu31924051543035?view=theater Hindustani self-taught]: vocabulary by topics with pronunciation, by James Fuller Blumhardt (1915) <span class="k">Roman characters</span> | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/enghindvocabular00philrich?view=theater English-Hindustani vocabulary] <span class="x">of 3000 words</span>: by Douglas Craven Phillott (1911) <span class="k">Roman characters</span> | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/khaznaemuhawarto00philuoft?view=theater Khazīna-e muhāwarāt] or <span class="x">Urdu idioms</span>, by Douglas Craven Phillott (1912) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://books.google.com/books?id=4Ew_AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover Romanized school dictionary] published by the Calcutta School Book Society (1864) <span class="k">Roman characters</span> | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/platts/ Dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English] by John Platts (1884) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://books.google.com/books?id=rrkIAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Dictionary, Hindustani and English] by Duncan Forbes (1866) <span class="k">Arabic, Devanagari & Roman characters</span> | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://books.google.com/books?id=rrkIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA803 English] > Hindustani | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://books.google.com/books?id=WfYCAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Smaller Hindustani and English dictionary] by Duncan Forbes (1861) <span class="k">Roman characters</span> | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://books.google.com/books?id=HiAVAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover Dictionary of Oordoo and English] by Joseph Thompson (1838) <span class="k">Roman & Arabic characters</span> | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://books.google.com/books?id=jjoYAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover in Roman characters] (1858) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/dictionaryhindus00yateuoft?view=theater Dictionary Hindustání and English] by William Yates (1847) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/dictionaryhindus00shak?view=theater Dictionary Hindustani and English] by John Shakespear (1849) or [https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/shakespear/ online search] (1834) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://archive.org/details/hindoostaneephil00gilcrich?view=theater Hindoostanee philology] <span class="x">comprising a dictionary, English and Hindoostanee</span>, by John Borthwick Gilchrist (1825) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://web.archive.org/web/20170810084807/https://theses.ncl.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/10443/1407/1/Islam,%20R.A.%2012.pdf The morphology of loanwords in Urdu], <span class="x">the Persian, Arabic and English strands</span>, by Riaz Ahmed Islam (2011) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.academia.edu/6725741 Eat-expressions in Hindi-Urdu] (expressions with the verb ''khā''-, "eat") by Peter Hook, in ''Indian linguistics'' (2011) | |||
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria_Maldonado_Garcia/publication/263522873_COMMON_VOCABULARY_IN_URDU_AND_TURKISH_LANGUAGES_A_CASE_OF_HISTORICAL_ONOMASIOLOGY/links/54662f010cf25b85d17f5b57/COMMON-VOCABULARY-IN-URDU-AND-TURKISH-LANGUAGES-A-CASE-OF-HISTORICAL-ONOMASIOLOGY.pdf Common vocabulary in Urdu and Turkish language]: <span class="x">a case of historical onomasiology</span>, par María Isabel Maldonado García & Mustafa Yapici, in ''Journal of Pakistan'' (2014) | |||
===Sources=== | |||
https://www.lexilogos.com/english/urdu_dictionary.htm | |||
==Free Urdu Lessons== | ==Free Urdu Lessons== | ||
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Facts about Urdu
- Language code (ISO 639-3):
urd - Autonyms (how to write "Urdu" in Urdu):
اُردُو - Other names for "Urdu":
Urdu, Islami, Undri, Urudu, Bihari, Modern Standard Urdu - The Urdu language is spoken in:
Pakistan
Urdu is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the official national language and lingua franca of Pakistan.
In India, Urdu is an Eighth Schedule language whose status, function, and cultural heritage is recognized by the Constitution of India; it has some form of official status in several Indian states.
In Nepal, Urdu is a registered regional dialect. Urdu has been described as a Persianised standard register of the Hindustani language. Urdu and Hindi share a common Indo-Aryan vocabulary base and very similar phonology and syntax, making them mutually intelligible in colloquial speech.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdu
Urdu Dictionaries
• UrduWord: Urdu-English dictionary (Urdu & Latin characters)
• Rekhta: Urdu-Hindi-English dictionary
• DictionaryUrdu Urdu > English dictionary (Latin characters)
• Urdu-English.com: Urdu-English vocabulary by topics
• Goethe-Verlag: Urdu-English common phrases & illustrated vocabulary (+ audio)
• Defense language institute: basic vocabulary (+ audio) - civil affairs - medical
• Student's practical dictionary containing English words with English and Urdu meanings, by Dwarka Prasad & Ram Narain Lal (1943)
• Hindustani self-taught: vocabulary by topics with pronunciation, by James Fuller Blumhardt (1915) Roman characters
• English-Hindustani vocabulary of 3000 words: by Douglas Craven Phillott (1911) Roman characters
• Khazīna-e muhāwarāt or Urdu idioms, by Douglas Craven Phillott (1912)
• Romanized school dictionary published by the Calcutta School Book Society (1864) Roman characters
• Dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John Platts (1884)
• Dictionary, Hindustani and English by Duncan Forbes (1866) Arabic, Devanagari & Roman characters
• English > Hindustani
• Smaller Hindustani and English dictionary by Duncan Forbes (1861) Roman characters
• Dictionary of Oordoo and English by Joseph Thompson (1838) Roman & Arabic characters
• in Roman characters (1858)
• Dictionary Hindustání and English by William Yates (1847)
• Dictionary Hindustani and English by John Shakespear (1849) or online search (1834)
• Hindoostanee philology comprising a dictionary, English and Hindoostanee, by John Borthwick Gilchrist (1825)
• The morphology of loanwords in Urdu, the Persian, Arabic and English strands, by Riaz Ahmed Islam (2011)
• Eat-expressions in Hindi-Urdu (expressions with the verb khā-, "eat") by Peter Hook, in Indian linguistics (2011)
• Common vocabulary in Urdu and Turkish language: a case of historical onomasiology, par María Isabel Maldonado García & Mustafa Yapici, in Journal of Pakistan (2014)
Sources
https://www.lexilogos.com/english/urdu_dictionary.htm