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If you are planning to visit or work in an Urdu-speaking country or are learning Urdu, then Teach Yourself Beginner's Urdu Script will help you get to grips with reading and writing simple Urdu. This book is a step-by-step introduction to the script that will enable you to read Urdu signs, notices, advertisements and headlines. If you feel that learning the script is a daunting prospect, then this book will make it simple.

The alphabet is introduced in stages and there's lots of practice of each new character before the next is introduced. There are plenty of example words and phrases that are seen everywhere in any Urdu-speaking environment so that you will begin to familiarise yourself with the most common signs and directions.

Richard Delacy, the author, was Lecturer in Hindi and Urdu at La Trobe University, Melbourne. He is now teaching at the University of Chicago.