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Urdu Phonology

EXPLANATION

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These tables show the IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems in the Urdu language.

CONSONANTS

The type of phonation is indicated by the phone's color shading:

t
voiceless
d
voiced
▼ PLACE OF ARTICULATION ▼
LABIAL
CORONAL
DORSAL
LARYNGEAL
▼ MANNER ▼
BILABIAL
LABIO-DENTAL
DENTAL
ALVEOLAR
POST-ALVEOLAR
RETROFLEX
PALATAL
VELAR
UVULAR
GLOTTAL
NASAL
m[1]
n[2]
ɳ[3]
ɲ[4]
ŋ[5]
PLOSIVE
p[6]
[7]
ʈ[8]
k[10]
q[11]
[12]
t̪ʰ[13]
ʈʰ[14]
[16]
b[17]
[18]
ɖ[19]
ɡ[21]
[22]
d̪ʱ[23]
ɖʱ[24]
ɡʱ[26]
SIBILANT AFFRICATE
d͡ʒ[20]
FRICATIVE
f[27]
x[31]
ɦ[32]
ɣ[36]
SIBILANT FRICATIVE
s[28]
ʂ[29]
ʃ[30]
z[34]
ʒ[35]
APPROXIMANT
ʋ[33]
j[38]
LATERAL APPROXIMANT
l[37]
TAP
ɾ[39]
ɽ[40]
ɽʱ[41]

END OF Urdu PHONOLOGY CHART FOR CONSONANTS!

PHONOLOGY INVENTORY

No.
IPA
Length
CoArt
Voicing
Place
Manner
1
m
 
voiced
bilabial
nasal
2
n
 
voiced
alveolar
nasal
3
ɳ
 
voiced
retroflex
nasal
4
ɲ
 
voiced
palatal
nasal
5
ŋ
 
voiced
velar
nasal
6
p
 
voiceless
bilabial
plosive
7
 
voiceless
dental
plosive
8
ʈ
 
voiceless
retroflex
plosive
9
t͡ʃ
 
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
10
k
 
voiceless
velar
plosive
11
q
 
voiceless
uvular
plosive
12
 
aspirated
voiceless
bilabial
plosive
13
t̪ʰ
 
aspirated
voiceless
dental
plosive
14
ʈʰ
 
aspirated
voiceless
retroflex
plosive
15
t͡ʃʰ
 
aspirated
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
16
 
aspirated
voiceless
velar
plosive
17
b
 
voiced
bilabial
plosive
18
 
voiced
dental
plosive
19
ɖ
 
voiced
retroflex
plosive
20
d͡ʒ
 
voiced
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
21
ɡ
 
voiced
velar
plosive
22
 
aspirated
voiced
bilabial
plosive
23
d̪ʱ
 
aspirated
voiced
dental
plosive
24
ɖʱ
 
aspirated
voiced
retroflex
plosive
25
d͡ʒʱ
 
aspirated
voiced
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
26
ɡʱ
 
aspirated
voiced
velar
plosive
27
f
 
voiceless
labio-dental
fricative
28
s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
29
ʂ
 
voiceless
retroflex
sibilant fricative
30
ʃ
 
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
31
x
 
voiceless
velar
fricative
32
ɦ
 
voiced
glottal
fricative
33
ʋ
 
voiced
labio-dental
approximant
34
z
 
voiced
alveolar
sibilant fricative
35
ʒ
 
voiced
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
36
ɣ
 
voiced
velar
fricative
37
l
 
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant
38
j
 
voiced
palatal
approximant
39
ɾ
 
voiced
alveolar
tap
40
ɽ
 
voiced
retroflex
tap
41
ɽʱ
 
aspirated
voiced
retroflex
tap

VOWELS

 
VOWEL HEIGHT
CLOSE
NEAR-CLOSE
CLOSE-MID
MID
OPEN-MID
NEAR-OPEN
OPEN