01OVERVIEW
Front Matter
SCRIPT · PROFILE
Urdu (Nastaliq)
Urdu written in the Nastaliq calligraphic style.
Urdu written in the Nastaliq calligraphic style. Pakistan's national language and one of India's official languages. Features the distinctive aesthetic of letters "hanging" as text flows right-to-left. The language of Mughal Empire literature and poetry; works of great poets Mirza Ghalib and Iqbal were recorded in this script. Symbolizes the 1947 India-Pakistan partition, when Hindustani split into Hindi (Devanagari) and Urdu (Nastaliq).
04SPECIMEN
The Letters
Signs · Unicode · TypesSample GlyphsClick to copy
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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06MECHANICS
Reading Mechanics
Direction · Method↔
Direction
Right to Left (RTL)
Right to left (RTL)
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System
Abjad
⌨
Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
Urdu Keyboard (Nastaliq)
Nastaliq style Arabic script. Official language of Pakistan. Right-to-left.
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و
ع
ر
ت
ے
ء
ی
ہ
پ
ا
س
د
ف
گ
ح
ج
ک
ل
ز
ش
چ
ط
ب
ن
م
space
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💡 Urdu adds ٹ(ṭ), ڈ(ḍ), ڑ(ṛ), ں(ñ) and others to the Arabic-Persian script.
07LINEAGE
The Lineage
Family · DescendantsPhylogeny
Ancestors & descendants
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family
08REACH