The Alphabet
The Urdu Alphabet consists of 38 letters (character symbols).
Each letter has a name. The first sound in the name reveals the basic sound of the letter.
For example, the letter ج is called “jeem” and it sounds like the English “j” sound.
Click on a letter to hear its name.
Letters with similar shapes are grouped together into a family.
Some of the letters in the Urdu alphabet can represent more than one sound, and some sounds can be represented by more than one letter.