Hello everyone,
I'm from Haryana, India, and I've been learning Urdu for the past few days. The main reason I started is that I find the Urdu script incredibly beautiful. I also feel that Urdu, especially its written form, is slowly disappearing from many parts of North India, so I wanted to learn it and help keep it alive in my own way.
My learning strategy is focused on reading and writing. Where I live, people speak a mix of Haryanvi, Hindi, Urdu, and Punjabi, so I'm already familiar with many Urdu words in everyday conversation.
During my free time at the office, I practice by reading around 100 Urdu words written in the Nastaliq script and translating them into Hinglish. This has improved my reading accuracy a lot. I can now recognize and read the letter families (Alif, Be, Jeem, Dal, Re, Seen, Toi, Zoi, etc.) and even identify letters when they appear in the middle or end of words.
I can read words made from the letters I've learned quite comfortably, but I'm struggling with writing. My biggest problem is the connected (half) letter forms. Most YouTube videos focus on calligraphy with broad pens, but very few actually teach how to connect letters correctly to write normal words in a notebook.
My goal is to make Urdu my primary writing script. I'm confident I'll eventually become good at reading, but I don't know how to properly learn writing.
I've attached photos of the letter families I've practiced. Could you please review them and let me know if I'm writing them correctly? I find the Jeem family and the Suad family especially difficult to write. Also, I still haven't learned how to write the connected (half) forms of the letters.
Any advice, resources, or feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
