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Learn Urdu with The Pimsleur Method

Speak Urdu like a native!

It’s now possible to speak and understand a foreign language effortlessly. The world-famous Pimsleur Method™ combines well-established research, most-useful vocabulary and a completely intuitive process to get you speaking right from the first day. All Pimsleur® courses feature real-world context and flexible vocabulary enabling you to learn your new language in a fluid, natural way. Pimsleur gives you everything you need. It’s the simplest way to start speaking a new language today.

About the Urdu Language
 
Urdu is the official language of North India, Pakistan, and Fiji.  It belongs to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family of languages.  Approximately two hundred (200) million people around the world speak Urdu as a first or second language.
Linguistically Urdu and Hindi are virtually identical languages and are mutually intelligible, however, they differ in that Urdu has been influenced (and still is) by Arabic and Persian, whereas Hindi draws upon Sanskrit.  
Pimsleur’s Urdu teaches “Hindustani,” which was promoted by Mahatma Gandhi to unite Hindi and Urdu.  Although, Standard Urdu may be spoken in Pakistan, most Pakistanis and Indian Muslims speak Hindustani and our course only focuses on the Urdu register/dialect of Hindustani.

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Urdu-Speaking Countries

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