The trials and tribulations of digitizing Urdu, the 10th most spoken language in the world

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Feb 15 2022 | 00:03:48

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Because Nastalīq has been so challenging to adapt to a digital format, many Urdu speakers have taken to using Naskh, which is written along straight horizontal lines, or even using a non-standardized form of the language that uses Latin script.

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