Similar And Dissimilar Sounds In English And Urdu

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?

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Some thing that you can hear. ( Oxford Advance Learner’s dictionary)

Sounds are divided into : Consonant sounds  Vowel sounds 

Consonant Sounds What are consonants?

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Speech sound made by completely or partially stopping the flow of air being breathed out through the mouth.

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Speech sound results in constriction and closure at one or more points along the vocal tract.

English and Urdu Consonant Sounds

Similar Sounds

b

sound

 English

bad, lab, bold, band, button, battle  Urdu

baat, bekaar, barish, bund, bundook

f

sound

 English

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

sound

 English

north, new, now, when, than 

Urdu naan, insaan, shaan, nokar, nahi~

y sound  English

yes, yolk, yellow, yet, young  Urdu

yaad, ye, yaha~

ch

sound

 English

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

sound

 English

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

sound

 English

thin, thought, through, think, thigh than, those, that, there, they  Urdu

thaan, thodha, thaal daal, dimagh, dil

h

sound

 English

help, hope, half, heart, hard  Urdu

hulva, hamla, hulka, haath

l

sound

 English

language, melt, middle, settle  Urdu

Lumha, Laal, baal, khaal, jaal

Sounds only in English Language

Z

pleasure, vision  w work, when, war

Vowel Sounds What are vowels?

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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 Sounds Divided into Oral vowel sounds Nasal vowel sounds

Short Vowels

English u

hood

uf  a above anaar  i hi t rizq

Urdu u a i

Dissimilar Sounds

 ae

ca t  o pot, lot  e met, set, net

Long Vowels Sounds

English  aa

car, jar taar  ii meat, neat jeet  uu food, root jhuut  oo board, road

Urdu aa ii uu oo

Dissimilar Sounds

Fur

ee

Combination of Two Vowel Sounds

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Sounds which consists of a movement or glide from one vowel to another.

Diphthongs

English and Urdu Diphthong Sounds

Similar Sounds

English  ao

cow, how gao  ai eye, fire khai  ua poor dua  ia fear

Urdu ao ai ua ia

Dissimilar

here , there  ou g o, n o  oi boy, joy e

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