| حرف صحیح |
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| IPA | مثالیں | اردو حرف تقریباً | اردو مثال تقریباً |
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| b | buy, cab | ب | بال | | d | dye, cad, do | ڈھ (تقریباً) | ڈھونڈ | | ð | thy, breathe, father | عربی ذ | دھرم (تقریباً) | | dʒ | giant, badge, jam | ج | جب | | f | fan, caff, phi | ف | فارسی | | ɡ (ɡ)[1] | guy, bag | گ | آگ | | h | high, ahead | ہ | محمد | | j[2] | yes, hallelujah | ی | یار | | k | sky, crack | ک، کھْ | کھیل | | l | lie, sly, gal | ل | لندن | | m | my, smile, cam | م | میں | | n | nigh, snide, can | ن | نیںد | | ŋ | sang, sink, singer | ن٘گ | رنگ | | θ | thigh, math | عربی ث | تھک (تقریباً) | | p | pie, spy, cap | پ | پیننا | | r[3] | rye, try, very | ر (تقریباً) | ریل (تقریباً) | | s | sigh, mass | س | سال | | ʃ | shy, cash, emotion | ش | شہر | | t | tie, sty, cat, atom | ٹھ (تقریباً) | ٹھیک (تقریباً) | | tʃ | china, catch | چھ | چھوڑ | | v | vie, have | ڤ | والا (تقریباً) | | w | wye, swine | عربی و | ہُوأ (تقریباً) | | hw | why[4] | ھو | - | | z | zoo, has | ز | زیر | | ʒ | equation, pleasure, vision, beige[5] | ژ | ویژن | | Marginal consonants | | |
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| x | ugh, loch, Chanukah[6] | خ | ختم | | ʔ | uh-oh /ˈʔʌʔoʊ/ | ء | ان شاء اللہ | | | | Optional sounds | | |
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| IPA | Examples | | |
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| ᵗs | تسْ، امرتسر | | ʃⁱ | nasturtium (/i/ is frequently dropped) |
| | Vowels |
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| IPA | Full vowels | IPA | ... followed by R[7] |
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| ɑː | PALM, father, bra | ɑr | START, bard, barn, snarl, star (= /ɑːr/) | | ɒ | LOT, pod, John[8] | ɒr | moral, forage | | æ | TRAP, pad, shall, ban[9][10] | ær | barrow, marry[11] | | aɪ | PRICE, ride, file, fine, pie[12] | aɪər | Ireland, hire (= /aɪr/) | | aɪ.ər | higher, buyer[13] | | aʊ | MOUTH, loud, foul, down, how | aʊər | flour (= /aʊr/) | | aʊ.ər | flower[13] | | ɛ | DRESS, bet, fell, men[14] | ɛr | error, merry[14] | | eɪ | FACE, made, fail, vein, pay | ɛər | SQUARE, mare, scarce, cairn, Mary (= /eɪr/)[15] | | eɪ.ər | layer (one who lays)[13] | | ɪ | KIT, lid, fill, bin | ɪr | mirror, Sirius | | iː | FLEECE, seed, feel, mean, sea | ɪər | NEAR, beard, fierce, serious (= /iːr/)[16] | | iː.ər | freer | | ɔː | THOUGHT, Maud, dawn, fall, straw[17] | ɔr | NORTH, born, war, Laura (= /ɔːr/)[18][19] | | ɔː.ər | sawer | | ɔɪ | CHOICE, void, foil, coin, boy | ɔɪər | loir (= /ɔɪr/) | | ɔɪ.ər | employer[13] | | oʊ | GOAT, code, foal, bone, go[20] | ɔər | FORCE, more, boar, oral (= /oʊr/)[18][19] | | oʊ.ər | mower | | ʊ | FOOT, good, full, woman | ʊr | courier | | uː | GOOSE, food, fool, soon, chew, do | ʊər | boor, moor, tourist (= /uːr/)[18][19] | | uː.ər | truer | | juː | cued, cute, mule, tune, queue, you[21] | jʊər | cure (= /juːr/) | | juː.ər | fewer | | ʌ | STRUT, bud, dull, gun[22] | ɜr | NURSE, word, girl, fern, furry | | ʌr | borough, hurry[23] | | Variable vowels |
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| aː | BATH, dance, laugh (either ɑː or æ) | ɒː | CLOTH, office, wrong (either ɒ or ɔː) | | i | HAPPY, serious[24] (either ɪ or iː) | u | bedroom, roof, situation (either ʊ or uː) | | Reduced vowels |
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| ə | Rosa’s, a mission, quiet, focus | ər | LETTER, perceive | | ɨ | roses, emission[25] (either ɪ or ə) | ʉ | beautiful, curriculum ([jʉ])[26] (either ʊ or ə) | | ɵ | omission[27] (either oʊ or ə) | əl | bottle (either əl or l̩) | | ən | button (either ən or n̩) | əm | rhythm (either əm or m̩) | | | | Stress | Syllabification |
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| IPA | Examples | IPA | Examples |
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| ˈ | intonation /ˌɪntɵˈneɪʃən/,[28]
battleship /ˈbætəlʃɪp/[29] | . | moai /ˈmoʊ.aɪ/
ونڈہوک /ˈvɪnt.hʊk/
Vancouveria /væn.kuːˈvɪəriə/
Mikey /ˈmaɪki/, Myki /ˈmaɪ.kiː/[30] | | ˌ |
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