Introductory Urdu

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Pages: 343 About Book National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL) is launching extensive Course in Urdu through Hindi and English medium. A section of our society comprises of those who commonly use English as their first language. They study through English medium and are interested in learning Urdu Language. It is hoped that this section of learners will find the present book purposive and handy for their requirements. Professor of Urdu at the University of Chicago, C. M. Naim has first hand experience of teaching Urdu to at least three generations of immigrant Asians as well as the people of the western countries interested in learning Urdu language. His long term association and interaction with them has helped him understand their attitudes towards language learning and the difficulties posed by them attitudes towards language learning and the difficulties posed by them enriched his experience in language teaching. CM Naim, after dedicated work of years has authored this important text. C. M. Naim has kept in view the different shades of the language and changing attitudes of people towards language learning. I hope that publication of this book will benefit those who want to enjoy the riches of Urdu literature but script is their handicap. NCPUL expresses its gratitude to the author and the University of Chicago for permitting its publication for Indian students. Preface There must be now at least sixty million people in South Asia Who regard Urdu as their mother tongue. There must be twice as any, perhaps more, who understand Urdu and would even use it on occasion, in conversation if not in writing. While the literary history of Urdu goes back to the fifteenth century, specimens of it begin to be found as early as the thirteenth. Presently, Urdu is the official language of Pakistan and one of the sixteen major languages constitution