WHO SPEAKS URDU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urdu-speaking_people
The vast majority of native Urdu-speakers are Muslims of the Urdu Belt of Northern India, followed by the Deccani people of the Deccan plateau in south-central India (who speak Deccani Urdu) and the Muhajir people of Pakistan.[3]
Although the majority of Urdu-speakers reside in Pakistan (including 30 million native speakers,[3] and up to 94 million second-language speakers),[10] where Urdu is the national and official language, most speakers who use Urdu as their native tongue live in India, where it is one of 22 official languages.[13]
According to Ethnologue‘s 2018 estimates, Urdu is the 11th most widely spoken language in the world,[24] with 170 million total speakers, including those who speak it as a second language.[25]
HISTORY AND CULTURE
UNICEF:
Data from countries throughout the world is provided on individual countries and regions of the world on the topics of: Child health, Child Protection, Child Survival, Early Childhood Development, Education and Home Environments, HIV/AIDS, Maternal and newborn health, Nutrition, Sanitation and Water.
https://data.unicef.org/country/
Early Childhood Development, Early Childhood Education and Home Environments.
https://data.unicef.org/topic/early-childhood-development/development-status/
https://data.unicef.org/topic/early-childhood-development/early-childhood-education/
https://data.unicef.org/topic/early-childhood-development/home-environment/
HISTORY AND CULTURE
PATIENT CARE GUIDE FROM THE CLEVELAND CLINIC:
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/-/scassets/files/org/about/diversity/2016-diversity-toolkit.ashx
These pages contain information about: Considerations before providing care, Meals, Hospital Attire, Communication, Rituals, End of Life Care
EVERY CULTURE:
Cultures within America and World Cultures:
Multicultural America: https://www.everyculture.com/multi/
World Cultures: https://www.everyculture.com/wc/
This website provides information by country on the topics of: History, The beginning of Immigration, the Modern Era, Significant Immigration waves, Settlement Patterns (Acculturation/Assimilation), Traditions, Customs & Beliefs, Proverbs, Cuisine, Traditional Costumes, Dances & Songs, Holidays, Health Issues (Language, Family Community Dynamics), Education, Birth, Role of Women, Courtship & Weddings, Funerals (Religion, Employment and Economic Traditions, Politics and Government), Relationship with country of origin (Individual Group Contributions), Academia, Government, Media, Organizations and Associations, Museums and Research Centers.
Information is provided on cultures within America and World Cultures
CULTURAL ATLAS AUSTRALIA
https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/countries
Information for each culture are: Core Concepts, Greetings, Religion, Family, Naming, Dates of Significance, Etiquette, Do’s and Don’ts, Communication, Other Considerations, Business Culture
INFORMATION ABOUT THE URDU LANGUAGE
AMERICAN SPEECH/LANGUAGE AND HEARING ASSOCIATION
https://www.asha.org/practice/multicultural/Phono/
The information below is from the ASHA website
ASHA’s policy documents state that SLPs and audiologists must consider the sound systems of all the languages used by a client in order to provide appropriate assessment and treatment services.
Listed under Hindi/Urdu
ETHNOLOGUE:
OMNIGLOT:
https://omniglot.com/index.htm
Writing Systems: Constructed scripts, Languages (profiles, how to learn languages, language lessons, language names, language families), Multilingual pages (Useful phrases, silly phrases, phrase finder, numbers, time, colours, family words, terms of endearment, idioms, proverbs, tongue twisters, songs, stories),
PHRASES IN 50 LANGUAGES:
MUSTGO WORLD LANGUAGES:
https://www.mustgo.com/worldlanguages/
Status, Dialects, Structure (Sound, system, Syllable structure, Vowels, Consonants, Tones, Grammar (Nouns, Verbs, Sentence Markers, Word Order), Vocabulary, Writing,
LESSONS- SCHOOL-AGED SUBJECTS:
Ms. Pacifico’s site:
Find the Languages on the Left hand side of the website
https://www.buffaloschools.org/Page/17065
https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/metrocenter/language-rbern/education/bilingual-glossaries-and-cognates
OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT URDU:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/urdu/guide/facts.shtml
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Urdu-language
INFORMATION ABOUT DEAFNESS AND HEARING LOSS
Pakistani sign language:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_Sign_Language