Let's Study Urdu: An Introduction to the Script - Softcover

Asani, Ali S.; Hyder, Syed Akbar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300120605 ISBN 13: 9780300120608

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Let’s Study Urdu! is a comprehensive introduction to the Urdu language that draws on a range of real-life contexts, popular film songs, and prized works of Urdu literature. A variety of effective aural, oral, and written drills will help students master the language while keeping them entertained. Let’s Study Urdu! provides students of diverse backgrounds, including heritage speakers, the opportunity to enhance their competency over basic grammatical structures so that they can comfortably use the language in Urdu-speaking milieus from South Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and North America.

About this title

About the Author

Ali Asani is professor of the Practice of Indo-Muslim Languages and Cultures at Harvard University. Akbar Hyder is assistant professor of Asian Studies & Islamic Studies at The University of Texas at Austin.

Edition details

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0300120605
• ISBN 13: 9780300120608
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 104