#but devangari script is so pretty so idk

[fellasleepinbaltimore]

okay so I sat down for 15 minutes to learn the urdu alphabet also I forgot the word alphabet arabic and called it abagodia and this man was like 👀 eih?? anyway but also it's so interesting how the script was changed to comform to urdus phonology like especially the h and n like yesss queen

also in devangari script there's a letter for retroflex and aspirated letters but in the urdu script only retroflex and non retroflex have representation and aspiration is shown by just adding an h after it (it... isn't hmmm... the ltter h is complicated bc i would call it an h bc that's where it descends from in arabic script but like they have more forms for it in urdu... like in arabic the letters have forms based on where they come in the written word and urdu is much the same but in arabic h has three forms in urdu that character has like three forms too but they're different and the rules for which form is used seems slightly different...which makes sense ig considers h is kinda important *for aspiration)

BUT the h thing is so good for me personally bc I couldn't remember eight different letters versus honestly two different ones with diacritics for retroflexion and an h so