#rrdū

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this post is meant to be a directory of every resource I come across for Urdu. it will be a continuous work in progress so thank you for your patience! if you have any issues or things to add, please reply to this post!

info

bbc voices

glottolog

hindustani: hindi and urdu - a single language? [video]

introduction by @ayearinlanguage​

“in urdu we don't say...”

omniglot

overview of the hindi-urdu controversy

playlist of samples

wikipedia

world atlas of language structures

blogs

transparent

courses

bliubliu

book2

colloquial urdu (2nd edition) [pdf]

colloquial - urdu: the complete course for beginners [pdf]

colombia university - urdu: some thoughts about the script and grammar, and other general notes for students

fsi - headstart2

hindi and urdu since 1800: a common reader [pdf]

introductory urdu, vol 1 - university of chicago [scans]

learning heritage languages

let's study urdu: an intructory course - ali s. asani & syed akbar hyder [pdf]

mangolanguages

memrise

urdupod101

wikibook

cultural & historical info

acultura’s culture tag

india: the last handwritten newspaper in the world - global voices

national council for promotion of urdu language [india]

/r/india

/r/pakistan

dictionaries

urdu english dictionary

urduseek.com

urduword.com

forums

quora

/r/urdu

unilang

grammar

overview of hindustani grammar

urdu: an essential grammar [pdf]

listening practice

culturetalk 

hamari boli [video interviews]

language by country: urdu in pakistan

Quran [audio]

sample voicemails

literature

digital urdu ghazal reader

list of urdu-language poets

list of urdu-language writers

logoslibrary [virtual library]

overview of urdu literature

overview of urdu poetry

Quran [scans]

rekhta [virtual library]

/r/urdupoetry

urdu poetry archive [poetry library]

media

urdu1

urdu fairy tales [youtube]

movie & tv recommendations

letterboxd

list of urdu-language films

news

bbc / bbc [youtube]

list of urdu newspapers

newspaper links

urdupoint

voice of america / voa [tv broadcast] / voa [youtube]

phrasebooks & travel guides

bbc - a guide to urdu

linguanaut

omniglot - useful phrases

the rough guide phrasebook [pdf]

wikivoyage

pronunciation

forvo [pronunciation dictionary]

ipa key

overview of hindustani phonology

quizzes & exercises

vocabulary games - digitaldialects

vocabulary quizzes - iteslj

radio

radio in karachi

voice of america

script

how to read

hugo's urdu alphabet pages

keyboard - branah

overview of roman urdu

overview of the urdu alphabet

script workbook [pdf]

urdu for all: an introduction to urdu script [pdf]

unicode fonts

social media

wikipedia

tumblrs

@beauty-of-urdu​

@currylangs​

@iloveurdu

@urdulanguageclub​

verbs

basic verb conjugation spreadsheet

conjugator - verbix

vocabulary

babadada [vocabulary tool]

colors

days of the week

numerals / numbers / numbers / numbers

questions

space

time / telling the time

word of the days tool

youtube

urdu academy jakarta

urdu for beginners [playlist]

urdulanguageclub

urdupod101

in hindi / हिंदी में

learn urdu through hindi [youtube]