ZE, khe and sheen are in fact three letters of Urdu alphabet that denote the sounds z, kh and sh. These are the initials for ...

Discover some surprising facts about Urdu, including how much it has in common with other languages. Also available in Urdu with audio.

Urdu, spoken by many millions today ... struggling against false perceptions that its elegant Perso-Arabic script makes it a foreign import and a language of Muslims in the Hindu-majority nation.