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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Hindi and Urdu pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.

See Hindi-Urdu phonology for a more thorough discussion of the sounds of Hindustani.

Consonants
IPAHindiUrduEnglish equivalent
b بabash
bʱ بھabhor
[1] دado (closer to French d)
ʱ [1] دھadhere
ɖ [1] ڈguard
ɖʱ [1] ڈھguardhouse
جhedge
ʱ جھhedgehog
f फ़فfood
ɡ گagate
ɡʱ گھpigheaded
h حhead (final only)
ɦ ahead
j يyak
k کscan
kʰ کھcan
l لleaf
m مmuch
n نnot
ɳ ڻburner
(Sanskrit; often [n])
ŋ -bank
p پspan
pʰ پھpan
(often allophonic with [f] in Hindi)
q क़قa k in the throat
(Urdu; often [k] in Hindi)
r رtrilled r
ɽ ड़ڑUS: larder
ɽʱ ढ़ڑھas [ɽ] plus h
s سsue
ʂ worship
(Sanskrit; often [ʃ])
ʃ شshoe
[1] تstable (closer to French t)
ʰ [1] تھtable
ʈ [1] ٹart
ʈʰ [1] ٹھart-historian
چcatch
ʰ چھchoose
ʋ[2] وvaries between w and v
x ख़خBach
(Urdu; often [kʰ] in Hindi)
ɣ ग़غlike a French r
(Urdu; often [ɡ] in Hindi)
z ज़زzen
ʒ झ़ژpleasure
Vowels
IPAHindiUrduEnglish equivalent
आ, पाآ, باSpanish or French a to English bra
ए, पेےbetween yell and Yale
ɛː ऐ, पैyell
ə अ, पبَnut
[3] ई, पीیfeet
ɪ [3] इ, पिبِdill
ओ, पोوold
ɔː औ, पौlaw
[3] ऊ, पूloot
ʊ [3] उ, पुبُlook
 ̃ ںnasal vowel
([ãː], [õː], etc.)


Suprasegmentals
IPA
ˈ stress
(placed before stressed syllable)
ː doubled consonant
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 To an English ear, [t̪ t̪ʰ ʈ ʈʰ] all sound like /t/, and [d̪ d̪ʱ ɖ ɖʱ] all sound like /d/. However, to a Hindi-Urdu speaker's ear these are very different sounds. [t̪ d̪] are like Spanish or French [t d], with the tongue touching the teeth, and [t̪ʰ d̪] are how a Hindi-Urdu speaker hears English /θ ð/ (the th sounds). Hindi-Urdu [ʈ ɖ] are pronounced with the tongue further back, touching behind the teeth, and [ʈʰ ɖ] are how a Hindi-Urdu speaker hears English t d; [ʈ] is how they hear English t after s.
  2. [v], [w] and intermediate [ʋ] are allophonic in Hindi-Urdu. Some words, such as vrat ('व्रत', fast), are pronounced with [v] and others, such as pakwan ('पकवान', food dish), are pronounced with [w].
  3. 1 2 3 4 /iː, ɪ/ and /uː, ʊ/ are neutralized to [i, u] at the end of a word.