What script does Languages in Pakistan use?

[dadeechi]

What script does Languages in Pakistan use?

Do all of them use Persian as script?

 

[Maarkhoor]

Yes all languages in Pakistan including Urdu use Persian script

Urdu script
Urdu is written right-to left in an extension of the Persian alphabet, which is itself an extension of the Arabic alphabet. Urdu is associated with the Nastaʿlīq style of Persian calligraphy, whereas Arabic is generally written in the Naskh orRuq'ah styles. Nasta’liq is notoriously difficult to typeset, so Urdu newspapers were hand-written by masters of calligraphy, known as kātib or khush-nawīs, until the late 1980s.[citation needed] One handwritten Urdu newspaper, The Musalman, is still published daily in Chennai.

 

[dadeechi]

Yes all languages in Pakistan including Urdu use Persian script

Urdu script
Urdu is written right-to left in an extension of the Persian alphabet, which is itself an extension of the Arabic alphabet. Urdu is associated with the Nastaʿlīq style of Persian calligraphy, whereas Arabic is generally written in the Naskh orRuq'ah styles. Nasta’liq is notoriously difficult to typeset, so Urdu newspapers were hand-written by masters of calligraphy, known as kātib or khush-nawīs, until the late 1980s.[citation needed] One handwritten Urdu newspaper, The Musalman, is still published daily in Chennai.

Thanks. I did not know that. It should be very easy to learn multiple Pakistani languages as one would be able to read and write other languages without much effort. One just need to pick up some grammar and vocabulary.

 

[Kambojaric]

Yes, as the below map shows, all major languages in Pakistan use the Perso-Arabic script (although some individuals in certain isolated pockets of the country might know older scripts, like Baltis and the Tibetan script). Recently the Kalasha language also got a new script based on the Latin alphabet. That language previously had no script.

 

[Desertfalcon]

Yes all languages in Pakistan including Urdu use Persian script

Urdu script
Urdu is written right-to left in an extension of the Persian alphabet, which is itself an extension of the Arabic alphabet. Urdu is associated with the Nastaʿlīq style of Persian calligraphy, whereas Arabic is generally written in the Naskh orRuq'ah styles. Nasta’liq is notoriously difficult to typeset, so Urdu newspapers were hand-written by masters of calligraphy, known as kātib or khush-nawīs, until the late 1980s.[citation needed] One handwritten Urdu newspaper, The Musalman, is still published daily in Chennai.

Are the languages similar? If you speak Urdu, can you understand much Persian?

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

Are the languages similar? If you speak Urdu, can you understand much Persian?

Nope

But if you speak Urdu, you can understand Hindi

 

[Desertfalcon]

Nope

But if you speak Urdu, you can understand Hindi

Right, you can understand it but you wouldn't be able to read it, correct?

 

[dadeechi]

Yes, as the below map shows, all major languages in Pakistan use the Perso-Arabic script (although some individuals in certain isolated pockets of the country might know older scripts, like Baltis and the Tibetan script). Recently the Kalasha language also got a new script based on the Latin alphabet. That language previously had no script.

Nice pic my friend.

Right, you can understand it but you wouldn't be able to read it, correct?

Hindi and Urdu have very different scripts even though people may understand some words (upto I guess 30%)

Yes all languages in Pakistan including Urdu use Persian script

Urdu script
Urdu is written right-to left in an extension of the Persian alphabet, which is itself an extension of the Arabic alphabet. Urdu is associated with the Nastaʿlīq style of Persian calligraphy, whereas Arabic is generally written in the Naskh orRuq'ah styles. Nasta’liq is notoriously difficult to typeset, so Urdu newspapers were hand-written by masters of calligraphy, known as kātib or khush-nawīs, until the late 1980s.[citation needed] One handwritten Urdu newspaper, The Musalman, is still published daily in Chennai.

I come from Hyderabad, decccan and we too have Siasat daily.

The Siasat Daily: Hyderabad, Bollywood, World, Islamic News

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

Y

Right, you can understand it but you wouldn't be able to read it, correct?

Correct

 

[Kompromat]

An Urdu reader can easily read Persian but might only be able to understand 30% of it if no Farsi education is involved. Urdu contains thousands of Persian and Turkish words which make you get a rough idea of whats being talked about. Urdu is a hybrid language built on about 7 other languages. The bridge between Urdu and Farsi is poetry, especially by Iqbal. Fun fact, there is only one Urdu word in Pakistan's national anthem, rest is all Persian.

Are the languages similar? If you speak Urdu, can you understand much Persian?

 

[Maarkhoor]

Are the languages similar? If you speak Urdu, can you understand much Persian?

Yes I can read and write little bit in Persian nearly 30 to 40% words are same. Same way Sindhi and Pashto also.

 

[Desertfalcon]

An Urdu reader can easily read Persian but might only be able to understand 30% of it if no Farsi education is involved. Urdu contains thousands of Persian and Turkish words which make you get a rough idea of whats being talked about. Urdu is a hybrid language built on about 7 other languages. The bridge between Urdu and Farsi is poetry, especially by Iqbal.

Yes I can read and write little bit in Persian nearly 30 to 40% words are same. Same way Sindhi and Pashto also.

Thank you both. I've been curious about it because I was shocked when someone posted that only about 8% of Pakistanis are fluent in Urdu, so I wondered how much commonality there might be between the languages used and where they got their alphabet, vocabulary, etc.

 

[Maarkhoor]

someone posted that only about 8% of Pakistanis are fluent in Urdu

That figure is quite wrong nearly all Pakistani (educated at least primary) can speak and understand Urdu. Fun fact is that our Punjabi language is quite close to Urdu and many mix words of Punjabi in Urdu and we call it Gulabi Urdu.

 

[dadeechi]

Yes I can read and write little bit in Persian nearly 30 to 40% words are same. Same way Sindhi and Pashto also.

Is Pashto in Afghanistan also written in Persian script?

 

[Maarkhoor]

Is Pashto in Afghanistan also written in Persian script?

Yes you can say that Pashtu, Sindhi, Punjabi (shahmukhi), Baluchi and Arabic you can write same way with minus or plus few alphabets.

 

[Max]

Nope

But if you speak Urdu, you can understand Hindi

Thats why i hate urdu, i think we should have make hindko, Gilgati or any other non major language from Pakistan with their script as our National language..

Urdu is imposed on us by early Muhajir elite, its shame that we use a National language which is not our.