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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 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].
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* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/urduocrsdk/ Urdu OCR SDK] is in progress. It is an SDK for offline Urdu character recognition.
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/urduocrsdk/ Urdu OCR SDK] is in progress. It is an SDK for offline Urdu character recognition.
* Urdu Localization Project
* Urdu Localization Project
* [http://klavaro.sourceforge.net/en/index.html Klavaro] is a ''Urdu typing tutor,'' which help you become an accomplished touch typist.
* [http://klavaro.sourceforge.net/en/index.html Klavaro] is a ''Urdu typing tutor,'' which helps you become an accomplished touch typist.
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* Ubuntu Linux related Urdu links

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** [http://l10n.urduweb.org/dictionary Urdu Word Bank and Dictionary]
Dear Linux Pakistan and Ubuntu Linux Community
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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]
It gives us great pleasure to announce an accomplishment of the Ubuntu
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** [https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-l10n-urd Ubuntu l10n mailing list]
Pakistan Team Urdu-l10n International Translation Team (Noumaan Yaqoob, Team
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** [https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-pk Ubuntu pk mailing list]
Lead) for localizing and including the new "language-pack-gnome-ur 1.6.06+2
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** [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/edgy/+lang/ur Ubuntu Urdu translation project]
Pack" in the latest Ubuntu Linux version 6.10 global distribution giving
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** [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/edgy/+lang/sd Ubuntu Sindhi translation project]
support for Urdu at installation. The latest version comes with an
installable Urdu Pack by default and is also available when you upgrade your
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS version to Ubuntu 6.10. We encourage you to test the new
features and report them to Noumaan at
noumaan{at no spam}ubuntu-pk{dot}org
I must point out here that the Ubuntu Pakistan Team members Noumaan and his
Team have done an excellent job by creating and contributing Pakistan's
first public Urdu Word Bank and Dictionary accessible at
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http://l10n.urduweb.org/dictionary as well as translating the latest
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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Revision as of 23:27, 20 October 2008

Urdu is a south-east Asian language written in Arabic script. It is an official language of Pakistan and is 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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