Urdu

Urdu language is a member of the Indo-Aryan group within the Indo-European family
of languages. It is spoken by more than 100 million people, predominantly in
Pakistan and India. It is the official state language of Pakistan. It is also spoken in
the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Urdu is closely related to Hindi, a language that originated and developed in the
Indian subcontinent. In terms of lexicon, however, they have borrowed extensively
from different sources—Urdu from Arabic and Persian, Hindi from Sanskrit—so they
are usually treated as independent languages. Their distinction is most marked in
terms of writing systems: Urdu uses a modified form of Perso-Arabic script, while
Hindi uses Devanagari.

Our Urdu courses are interactive and focus on developing all four skills – reading,
writing, listening and speaking, while engaging students in meaningful
communicative activities. Our teachers are highly qualified and experienced native
speakers. They use their extensive knowledge of the language, literature and culture
to inspire and encourage students to progress in their learning and develop a high
level of competence in the language.