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Similar and Dissimilar Sounds in English and Urdu
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Similar and Dissimilar Sounds in English and Urdu Languages
Why?
To achieve native like proficiency in second or foreign language
Why English?
International Business Language
What are sounds?
Some thing that you can hear. ( Oxford Advance Learners dictionary)
Sounds are divided into :Consonant sounds Vowel sounds
Consonant SoundsWhat are consonants?
Speech sound made by completely or partially stopping the flow of air being breathed out through the mouth. Speech sound results in constriction and closure at one or more points along the vocal tract.
English and Urdu Consonant Sounds
Similar Sounds
b English
sound
bad, lab, bold, band, button, battle Urdu
baat, bekaar, barish, bund, bundook
f English
sound
find, if, life, first, famous, food, family Urdu
faarigh, fikr, faltu, filhaal, filvaqt
v sound English
voice, volume, van, wave, cave Urdu
vaha~, vaqt, veham, verzish, vaada
s sound English
sun, sound, social, sense, settle Urdu
saath, suraj, safaed, saaf, soch
z sound English
zoo, zebra, freeze, craze, zone Urdu
zukaam, zameen, zanjeer, zabardast
sh sound English
ship, show, shirt, shelf, shoulder Urdu
shaam, shaan, farmaish, shandaar
J sound English
jug, jump, jeep, jam, jealous, jar Urdu
jaloos, janvar, jazbaati, jaga, jawab
m sound English
Mango, man, mountain, more Urdu
mujhe, madad, mubarak, meetha
n English
sound
north, new, now, when, than
Urdu naan, insaan, shaan, nokar, nahi~
y sound English
yes, yolk, yellow, yet, young Urdu
yaad, ye, yaha~
ch English
sound
check, cheese, cheat, chamber Urdu
choor, chalis, chenak, chand
n~ sound English
going, bring, drink, shrink, link Urdu
chalen~, kahe~, rahe~, bole~
Partially Similar Sounds
p English
sound
pin, apple, power, grip, trip, skip Urdu
pandra, pura, palna, sa~p, naap
t sound English
tin, tip, tongue, teeth, tomorrow Urdu
tum, taar, teen, taj, mut, tariikh timatar, topi, tokri, jhoot
d sound English
day, dip, dawn, deep, dark Urdu
duur, deen, daan, deyr dung, dandia,
r sound English
red, role, rope, round, roof, root Urdu
rung, roshan, rasta, rukavat, maar
th English
sound
thin, thought, through, think, thigh than, those, that, there, they Urdu
thaan, thodha, thaal daal, dimagh, dil
h English
sound
help, hope, half, heart, hard Urdu
hulva, hamla, hulka, haath
l English
sound
language, melt, middle, settle Urdu
Lumha, Laal, baal, khaal, jaal
Sounds only in English Language
Z
pleasure, vision w work, when, war
Vowel SoundsWhat are vowels?
A speech sound in which the mouth is open and tongue is not touching the top of the mouth, teeth, etc.
English and Urdu Vowel Sounds
English has only oral vowel sounds
Urdu Vowel SoundsDivided into Oral vowel sounds Nasal vowel sounds
Short Vowels
Englishu
Urdu u a i
uf a above anaar i hi t rizq
hood
Dissimilar Sounds
ae
ca t o pot, lot e met, set, net
Long Vowels Sounds
English aa
Urdu aa ii uu oo
car, jar taar ii meat, neat jeet uu food, root jhuut oo board, road
Dissimilar Sounds
Fur
ee
Combination of Two Vowel Sounds
Sounds which consists of a movement or glide from one vowel to another.
Diphthongs
English and Urdu Diphthong Sounds
Similar Sounds
English ao
Urdu ao ai ua ia
cow, how gao ai eye, fire khai ua poor dua ia fear
Dissimilar
e
e
here , there ou g o, n o oi boy, joy