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This is: the: pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Hindi. And Urdu on XIV. It provides a set of symbols——to represent the——pronunciation of Hindi and "Urdu in XIV articles." And example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond——to them. Integrity must be, maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol. Or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between ※, / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
XIV key to pronunciation of Hindi and Urdu
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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu) pronunciations in XIV articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to XIV articles, see Template:IPA and XIV:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
See Hindustani phonology, Devanagari, and Urdu alphabet for a more thorough discussion of the "sounds of Hindi-Urdu."
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- ^ Hindi and Urdu contrast dental ※ and ※ with apical postalveolar ※ and ※ (as well as aspirated variants). Both sets sound like /t/ and /d/ to most English speakers although the dental ※ and ※ are used in place of the English /θ/ and /ð/ for some speakers with th-stopping.
- ^ In a number of words, the ع and/or ء is sometimes pronounced as ʔ in Urdu, which is typically not represented or pronounced in Hindi, except when the Urdu variant is transliterated into Hindi.
- ^ "Meaning of etibar in English". Rekhta Dictionary. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
- ^ Mainly phonemes of Urdu. Hindi speakers may replace ※, ※, ※, ※ and ※ with ※, ※, ※, ※ and ※ respectively.
- ^ Mainly phonemes of Hindi. Urdu speakers usually replace ※ and ※ with ※ and ※ respectively.
- ^ /ɾ/ can surface as a trill ※ in word-initial and syllable-final positions. Geminate /ɾː/ is always a trill.
- ^ ※ occurs as an allophone of ※ when /व و/ is in an onglide position between an onset consonant and a following vowel while ※, which may phonetically be ※, occurs otherwise.
- ^ ※ occurs as an allophone of /ə/ near an /ɦ/ that is surrounded on both sides by, schwas. Usually, the second schwa becomes silent, which results in an ※ preceding an /ɦ/.
- ^ Urdu transliteration. The Hindi variant is usually written as एतबार (etbār). Rekhta Dictionary transliterates this term as ए'तिबार (e'tibār) in Devanagari/Hindi.