Thus Roman Urdū was a common way of writing among Pakistani and Indian Christians in these areas up to the 1960s. The Bible Society of India publishes Roman Urdū Bibles that enjoyed sale late into the 1960s (though they are still published today). Church songbooks are also common in ...
The earliest form of the script had only 22 characters and could not fully express all the sounds of Arabic, so early Arabic writing would use the same letter for different sounds. There are only a small number of confirmed pre-Islamic inscriptions, and it was not until the writing of the...
style and Nasta'liq is deeply connected to feelings of origin and pride of Urdu speakers (at least for those who care). Nasta'liq, based on a century-old calligraphic tradition, is considered one of the most beautiful scripts on the planet and also known as “the bride of calligraphy”....