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Urdu is a language of India and Pakistan very similar to Hindi, except that it uses Muslim rather than Hindu religious vocabulary, and is written in the Arabic alphabet rather than Devanagari.
Urdu is a south-east Asian language written in Arabic script. It is an official language of Pakistan and is official in India, and widely used among the Muslim population in India. Spoken Urdu is very similar to the Hindi language of India which since 1948 is written in Devanagari script and imports a lot of words from ancient Sanskrit.


* The Free and Open Source Software Foundation of Pakistan is developing a [http://www.fossfp.org/ullp Linux distribution in Urdu].
* The Free and Open Source Software Foundation of Pakistan is developing a [http://www.fossfp.org/ullp Linux distribution in Urdu].
* Ubuntu Linux has been [https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-l10n-ur localized into Urdu].
* Ubuntu Linux has been [https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-l10n-ur localized into Urdu].
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/urdu/ Urdu internationalization utilities]. Three utilities: Inpage converter, typing tutor and collating/search will be made available initially.

* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/urdufontproject/ Urdu Font Project], a step towards Opensource development of True Type Unicode Standard based Urdu Fonts specially "Nastaleeq", "Nastaleeq" Like and "Naskh" fonts.
Dear Linux Pakistan and Ubuntu Linux Community
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/urduindic/ Urdu Indic Initiative] is the F/LOSS-based localization (l10n) Initiative for Urdu as spoken in the Indian sub-continent. We are working towards a localized GNOME/KDE, Mozilla Firefox and OpenOffice.org for ur_IN based on the Unicode Standard and associated technologies.
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/urdu-bb/ Urdu Bulletin Board] is a Mozilla-Firefox Plugin which enables Urdu Typing/Rendering for HTML Pages.
It gives us great pleasure to announce an accomplishment of the Ubuntu
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/rabtpad/ RabtPad] is a configurable unicode and Java based text editor for arabic based scripts including Urdu and Farsi with virtual keyboard for non-Latin scripts on Latin-based systems, export to pdf, rtf, html and plain text (later xml).
Pakistan Team Urdu-l10n International Translation Team (Noumaan Yaqoob, Team
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyurduedit/ PyUrduEdit] is a simple text editor for the Urdu language.
Lead) for localizing and including the new "language-pack-gnome-ur 1.6.06+2
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/urduphpbb/ Urdu phpBB] is an Urdu adaptation of the phpBB forum software complete with langauge translation and an online Urdu editor.
Pack" in the latest Ubuntu Linux version 6.10 global distribution giving
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/urduocrsdk/ Urdu OCR SDK] is in progress. It is an SDK for offline Urdu character recognition.
support for Urdu at installation. The latest version comes with an
* Urdu Localization Project
installable Urdu Pack by default and is also available when you upgrade your
* [http://klavaro.sourceforge.net/en/index.html Klavaro] is a ''Urdu typing tutor,'' which helps you become an accomplished touch typist.
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS version to Ubuntu 6.10. We encourage you to test the new
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* Ubuntu Linux related Urdu links
features and report them to Noumaan at
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** [http://l10n.urduweb.org/dictionary Urdu Word Bank and Dictionary]
noumaan{at no spam}ubuntu-pk{dot}org
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** [https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-pk Ubuntu Pakistan Team]
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** [https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-l10n-ur Ubuntu Urdu l10n Team]
I must point out here that the Ubuntu Pakistan Team members Noumaan and his
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** [https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-l10n-urd Ubuntu l10n mailing list]
Team have done an excellent job by creating and contributing Pakistan's
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** [https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-pk Ubuntu pk mailing list]
first public Urdu Word Bank and Dictionary accessible at
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** [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/edgy/+lang/ur Ubuntu Urdu translation project]
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http://l10n.urduweb.org/dictionary as well as translating the latest
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** [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/edgy/+lang/sd Ubuntu Sindhi translation project]
versions of Gnome Interface into Urdu. This marks a whole new avenue and era
of localized Urdu computing not only for Pakistan but for the whole Urdu
Speaking Linux Users Community worldwide.
Also it is important to note here that Saadat Saeed (Ubuntu Pakistan Team
Member) has also made an excellent contribution by introducing the first
Ubuntu Linux Urdu Editor "PyUrduEdit" that will further accelerate further
community translation efforts. The Urdu Editor project is accessible at
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pyurduedit.
Waqas Toor, Team Lead Localized Documentation Team is shortly introducing
the Ubuntu Desktop and Server Guides in Urdu that will also be available in
the future versions of Ubuntu Distributions as default availability. You may
contact Waqas at waqas{at no spam}ubuntu-pk.org
I congratulate all the Linux communities, Noumaan, Waqas, Saadat including
their team members and the Pakistan IT community that today we have an
alternate and free-of-cost long term community supported Linux Operating
System in Urdu! (A solution to combat software piracy)
We are now gearing up for Sindhi and Punjabi Translations so all of you
interested volunteers out there, join the Ubuntu Pakistan Team that has over
40 volunteer developers and contributors with localization efforts going on
at:
Register at:
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https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-pk (Ubuntu Pakistan Team)
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https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-l10n-ur (Ubuntu Urdu l10n Team)
And subscribe to:
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https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-l10n-urd
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https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-pk
And participate in translation services at:
Urdu:
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https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/edgy/+lang/ur
Sindhi:
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https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/edgy/+lang/sd
On a separate note, Open Office 2.0+ is already available with Urdu Support
done by our neighboring country but that has to be added as a separate
language pack.
A gift to Pakistan by the Ubuntu Community on the occasion of Eid. Ubuntu
Rocks in Pakistan!
Best Regards
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Fouad Riaz Bajwa
Team Leader
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Ubuntu-Linux Pakistan LoCo Team
Cell: 92-333-4661290
Tel: 92-42-5030039
E-Mail: bajwa@ubuntu.com
URL: www.ubuntu-pk.org
Mailing List: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-pk
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Latest revision as of 16:55, 23 July 2010

Urdu is a south-east Asian language written in Arabic script. It is an official language of Pakistan and is official in India, and widely used among the Muslim population in India. Spoken Urdu is very similar to the Hindi language of India which since 1948 is written in Devanagari script and imports a lot of words from ancient Sanskrit.

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