Urdu

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This page offers basic guidance on typesetting a LaTeX document in the Urdu language using the Arabic script.

Support with ini locale file

Here is a minimal sample file with urdu as the main language (assuming luatex, which is the recommended engine, and babel ≥24.14, although it may work with previous versions).

\documentclass[urdu]{article}

\usepackage[provide=*,bidi=basic]{babel}

\babelfont{rm}{FreeSerif}

\begin{document}

Local name $=$ اردو

Chapter $=$ \chaptername

Today $=$ \today

Digits $=$ \localenumeral{digits}{0123456789}

\end{document}

Contribute

If you are a native speaker or have expertise in this language, you can contribute, make suggestion or request an enhancement by submitting a pull request, opening an issue, or contacting the Babel maintainer with the link above.