Ayesha Posted May 5, 2015 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 So I'm an Indian and I come from a country which speaks in over 50 odd languages, 22 of which are official! I'm fluent in my mother tongue that is, Bengali and the foremost official/ national language Hindi, besides English, of course. Learning different languages has always been an exciting prospect for me. back in school, I had dappled in French and German, but due to lack of practice it didn't really reach any end. Presently I'm trying my hand at Urdu, but it's turning out to be way more difficult than I anticipated. This forum seems like a great place to share resources and ideas, not to mention meet different people who speak different languages! I hope I make some nice acquaintances in Linguaholic and pick up little, at least, if not much, of different languages while here.Thank you for dropping by Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumbo Posted October 26, 2015 Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 (edited) Hi Ayesha!Welcome to the Linguaholic forum!Are you learning to effectively communicate in Urdu or are you learning how to write in Urdu as well? If you are doing the former, then it should be relatively easy given that you are already equipped with Hindi language skills. Apart from some few thousand words, most of the terms in Hindi and Urdu are the same. Do you think a Hindi speaker and an Urdu speaker can communicate successfully with each other? Personally, I'd say they would understand atleast 98% of what each other are saying.I can speak both Hindi and Urdu. I am a native Hindi speaker and learning Urdu was not exactly my intention. I picked up the language simply by watching Urdu news channels or TV shows.Here are some online resources that I have found that could be helpful to you for learning Urdu (speaking and writing):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYI9linomSo (Learn Urdu through Hindi)http://www.learning-hindi.com/urdu (This website has Urdu lessons and direct Hindi-Urdu translations)http://www.surfacelanguages.com/language/Urdu/ (A fun way to practice Urdu words, through games and quizzes)Cheers and good luck learning Urdu! Edited October 26, 2015 by jumbo linguaholic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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