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salaam dosto,
i’ve been around on urdu literery sites for a while and i’ve noticed, like so many others, that writing urdu in roman is an extremely difficult job due to lack of any established trans-literation scheme. In Hindi, there is one but since urdu has more words that are similar phoenetically but spell totally differently which must be reflected in writing to avoid confusion. one example is the word sahi [Hindi] and saHeeH 'arabii] so we have to differentiate between these words when we write them in roman urdu. There are especial case Hindi letters that are incorporated in urdu but sound differentally so there must be a way to develope a scheme that will allow us to do exactly that.
Some urdu scholars have come up with a universal coding of urdu letters into english letters but at the end of the day i find them to cumbersome and difficult to read. so, i developed another scheme that is a bit simpler and makes reading effortless.
here is ur first lesson:
urdu letters denoted by roman letters:
alif = a
alif mad = aa
be = b
bha = bh [Hindi: as in bharat]
pe = p
pha = ph [Hindi: as in phooT]
te = t
tha = th [Hindi: as in thaali]
Te = T [as in TamaTar]
Tha = Th [Thaakur]
se = 's
jeem = j
che = ch
He = H [as in Halawa]
Khe = Kh
daal = d
Daal = D [as in Daakuu]
zaal = 'z [as in 'zikr]
re = r
aRe = R [as in laRkaa]
ze = z
baRaa ze = "z [as in a"zdahaa]
seen = s
sheen = sh
suaad = 'S
zuaad = 'Z
toe = 't
zoe = "Z
ain = 'a
Ghain = Gh
fe = f
kaaf = k
qaaf = q
gaaf = g
laam = l
meem = m
noon = n
noon Ghunna = N [as in maiN]
vaao = v
chhoTii he = h [as in haathii]
ye = y [words that start with ye like yakka]
ye = ye [words that end in ye like ke (of)]
VOWELS:
zabar = a
zer = i
pesh = o
do zabar = an
do zer = in
do pesh = un
there are other sounds that we’ll take up as they come along 
Thank you…Happy Learning :)**
