Target Language's Writing System
Urdu is an Indo-Aryan language with about 104 million speakers, including those who speak it as a second language. It is the national language of Pakistan and is closely related to and mutually intelligible with Hindi, though a lot of Urdu vocabulary comes from Persian and Arabic. Urdu Alphabet is pretty similar to the alphabet of Arabic and very different from English.The Urdu alphabet is the right-to-left alphabet. It is a modification of the Arabic alphabet. With 38 letters and no distinct letter cases, the Urdu alphabet is typically written in the calligraphic script, whereas the Arabic is more commonly in the Naskh style. There are not many grammar rules as it is in English or Arabic. The usage of propositions are very different and complicated. It is easier to learn for those who are Arabic or Persian speakers but a good challenge for English speaker since the system is very different and does not have any similarities.
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