| Consonants |
| IPA | Hindi | Urdu | English equivalent |
| b |
ब | ب | abash |
| bʱ |
भ | بھ | abhor |
| d̪ [1] |
द | د | ado (closer to French d) |
| d̪ʱ [1] |
ध | دھ | adhere |
| ɖ [1] |
ड | ڈ | guard |
| ɖʱ [1] |
ढ | ڈھ | guardhouse |
| dʒ |
ज | ج | hedge |
| dʒʱ |
झ | جھ | hedgehog |
| f |
फ़ | ف | food |
| ɡ |
ग | گ | agate |
| ɡʱ |
घ | گھ | pigheaded |
| h |
ः | ح | head (final only) |
| ɦ |
ह | ahead |
| j |
य | ي | yak |
| k |
क | ک | scan |
| kʰ |
ख | کھ | can |
| l |
ल | ل | leaf |
| m |
म | م | much |
| n |
न | ن | not |
| ɳ |
ण | ڻ | burner (Sanskrit; often [n]) |
| ŋ |
ं | - | bank |
| p |
प | پ | span |
| pʰ |
फ | پھ | pan (often allophonic with [f] in Hindi) |
| q |
क़ | ق | a k in the throat (Urdu; often [k] in Hindi) |
| r |
र | ر | trilled r |
| ɽ |
ड़ | ڑ | US: larder |
| ɽʱ |
ढ़ | ڑھ | as [ɽ] plus h |
| s |
स | س | sue |
| ʂ |
ष | – | worship (Sanskrit; often [ʃ]) |
| ʃ |
श | ش | shoe |
| t̪ [1] |
त | ت | stable (closer to French t) |
| t̪ʰ [1] |
थ | تھ | table |
| ʈ [1] |
ट | ٹ | art |
| ʈʰ [1] |
ठ | ٹھ | art-historian |
| tʃ |
च | چ | catch |
| tʃʰ |
छ | چھ | choose |
| ʋ[2] |
व | و | varies between w and v |
| x |
ख़ | خ | Bach (Urdu; often [kʰ] in Hindi) |
| ɣ |
ग़ | غ | like a French r (Urdu; often [ɡ] in Hindi) |
| z |
ज़ | ز | zen |
| ʒ |
झ़ | ژ | pleasure |
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| Vowels |
| IPA | Hindi | Urdu | English equivalent |
| aː |
आ, पा | آ, با | Spanish or French a to English bra |
| eː |
ए, पे | ے | between yell and Yale |
| ɛː |
ऐ, पै | yell |
| ə |
अ, प | بَ | nut |
| iː [3] |
ई, पी | ی | feet |
| ɪ [3] |
इ, पि | بِ | dill |
| oː |
ओ, पो | و | old |
| ɔː |
औ, पौ | law |
| uː [3] |
ऊ, पू | loot |
| ʊ [3] |
उ, पु | بُ | look |
| ̃ |
ँ | ں | nasal vowel ([ãː], [õː], etc.) |
| Suprasegmentals |
| IPA | |
| ˈ |
stress (placed before stressed syllable) |
| ː |
doubled consonant |
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