What are the "58" letters of the Urdu alphabet?

 I have heard there are 39 separate letters and 19 digraphs, but every source I can find only lists about 10 Digraphs.

Thirty-seven letters of Urdu

الف۔

There are two types: A

الف ممدودہ (آ)اور الف مقصورہ (ا)(1)

ب،پ،ت،ٹ،ث، (5)

ج،چ،ح which is also called Haye Hutti خ، (4)

د،ڈ،ذ، (3)

ر،ڑ،ز،ژ، (4)

س،ش، (2)

ص،ض، (2)

ط،ظ، (2)

ع،غ، (2)

ف،ق،ک،گ، (4)

ل،م،ن (3)

It has two forms, simple noon with a dot 'n' and a non-dot noon ghunna 'n' which is a nasal sound. This sound is also used in French,

و، (1)

ہ (1)

h which has different forms such as 'ہ''h' and 'ھ''h' in which the latter is called two eyes 'ھ' “ha”. It is mostly used to make mixed letters like چھ, بھ, etc. And this is the “Digraph” mixture you are asking about.

ءA substitute for vowels (1)

Some take it as a different letter, as in words likeدائرہ 'Daira'. But in many places, it is used only as an accent where it is not considered a separate letter. This is a principle of counting or not counting the letters, the people they count is a separate letter for them it also applies when alphabet numbers are calculated in alphabetical order.

It is called small ya

ی، (1)

ے, it is called big ya (1)

I have mentioned the number before every row you can sum up, you will get the number 37

Now the letter with which the mixture of ھ( ha) is used

1.

ب بھ

2.

پ پھ

3.

ت تھ

4.

ٹ ٹھ

5.

ج جھ

6.

چ چھ

7.

د دھ

8.

ڈ ڈھ

9.

رھ

10.

ڑ ڑھ

11.

ک کھ

12.

گ گھ

13.

ل لھ

14.

م مھ

15.

ن نھ

16.

و وھ

17.

ی یھ

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