# Urdu language support for ELK

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/urdu-language-support-for-elk/193751>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 5, 2019, 8:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/urdu-language-support-for-elk/193751 "2019-08-05T08:31:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![asad\_ali](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/asad_ali/32/47894_2.png) [@asad\_ali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asad_ali)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 8:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/urdu-language-support-for-elk/193751/1 "2019-08-05T08:31:12Z")

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Dear Community,

I want to know how can I decode content coming from URDU language,  
I don't see the support of URDU language over the link

> **[How to Search Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Text with Elasticsearch 6.2 -...](https://www.elastic.co/blog/how-to-search-ch-jp-kr-part-1)**
>
> How to Search Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Text with Elasticsearch 5.4.0 - Part 1: Analyzers

The closest is arabic but

 ![IMG-20190805-WA0005](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/c/dc56a62360966d877a2ddce0111121f688d765a2.jpeg)  
its encoded as "???".

Do i need to write custom plugin? What are my options?

regards  
Asad

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 8:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/urdu-language-support-for-elk/193751/2 "2019-09-02T08:31:21Z")

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