Urdu orthography

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:syntax
gptkbp:alphabet gptkb:Urdu_alphabet
gptkbp:alternativeStyle gptkb:Naskh
gptkbp:directionA right-to-left
gptkbp:hasAdditionalLettersFrom gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Persian
gptkb:Indic_languages
gptkbp:hasAmbiguity yes
gptkbp:hasContextualLetterForms yes
gptkbp:hasDiacritics yes
gptkbp:hasDigitalInputMethods yes
gptkbp:hasDistinctLetters yes
gptkbp:hasDistinctLettersForSounds retroflex consonants
aspirated consonants
nasalized vowels
implosives
gptkbp:hasHistoricalDevelopment 18th century
gptkbp:hasHomographs yes
gptkbp:hasLetter gptkb:Eastern_Arabic_numerals
yes
gptkbp:hasLigatures yes
gptkbp:hasLoanwordsFrom gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Persian
gptkb:Sanskrit
English
Turkish
gptkbp:hasNastaliqStyle yes
gptkbp:hasNoCapitalization yes
gptkbp:hasTransliterationSchemes yes
gptkbp:hasVowelRepresentation imperfect
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Urdu orthography
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Persian_orthography
Arabic orthography
Chagatai orthography
gptkbp:mainStyle gptkb:Nastaliq
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Persian_script
Arabic script
Devanagari orthography
gptkbp:romanization yes
gptkbp:standardizedBy gptkb:National_Council_for_Promotion_of_Urdu_Language_(India)
gptkb:National_Language_Authority_(Pakistan)
gptkbp:unicodeBlock U+0600–U+06FF
U+FB50–U+FDFF
U+FE70–U+FEFF
U+0750–U+077F
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:Urdu_language
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:India
gptkb:Pakistan
diaspora communities
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Perso-Arabic_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Alif_maqṣūrah
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8