Reading-time labels help readers decide whether to start an article now or save it for later. Generic estimators assume English speeds, which overstate how fast Urdu Nastaliq is read. This tool uses Urdu-appropriate benchmarks.
How it works
The text is tokenised into words the same way the Urdu word counter does: zero-width non-joiners are stripped so compounds count once, then the text is split on whitespace and punctuation. Reading time is a straightforward division:
minutes = word count / words per minuteThe result is converted to minutes and seconds. A 600-word passage at 150 wpm, for instance, works out to exactly four minutes.
Example and notes
At the default 150 wpm, a 300-word post reads in about two minutes. The slower ligature density of Nastaliq is the reason the default sits below common English figures: each visual word can be a long connected ligature that the eye resolves a fraction slower. If your audience is primarily learners, drop to 120 wpm; for fluent adult readers of familiar material, 180 wpm is reasonable.