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Urdu

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 25.0, 67.0

ISO code: urd

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelaruvularglottal
stopp, pʰ, bt̻, t̻ʰ, d̻ʈ, ʈʰ, ɖk, kʰ, gq
trillr
tapɽ
fricativefs, zʃʂɣ, xɦ
affricatetʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ
nasalm
approximantʋj
lateral approximant

Short breathy voiced series

bilabialalveolarretroflexvelar
stopb̤ʱd̻̤ʱɖ̤ʱg̤ʱ
tapɽ̤ʱ

Short breathy voiced breathy voiced series

postalveolar
affricated̤ʒ̤ʱ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
near-closeɪʊ
midə
near-openæ

Long series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open-midɛːɔː
openäː

Long nasalised series

frontcentralback
closeĩːũː
close-midẽːõː
open-midɛ̃ːɔ̃ː
openä̃ː

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
near-closeɪ̃ʊ̃
midə̃

Source: Alan S. Kaye. 1997 Hindi-Urdu phonology. Phonologies of Asia and Africa (including the Caucasus), volume 1. Edited by: Alan S. Kaye. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns

Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)