Discover some surprising facts about Urdu, including how much it has in common with other languages. Also available in Urdu with audio. 'I don't understand!' Learn this phrase in Urdu, as well as many ...

WE have not been fortunate enough to have yet reached any conclusion as to what language policy we should adopt to improve our literacy rate and raise our educational standards. It is a fact that once ...

AS young boys, my peers and I used to address the elders, especially strangers, as chacha (an Urdu word for uncle) to show respect. Any shopkeeper, hawker or passerby was a chacha. In case of women, ...

For decades, media outlets like BBC Urdu Service informed us but also improved the language skills of its listeners. One could have learnt Urdu and its correct pronunciation by listening to Sairbeen.