معاونت:بین الاقوامی اصواتی ابجدیہ برائے پنجابی

حرف صحیحs
IPA Gurmukhi Shahmukhi English equivalent
[[|b]] ب abash
p[[|˦]] بھ Tonal p
[[|d̪]] [1] د ado
[[|˦]] [1] دھ Tonal t̪
[[|ɖ]] [1] ڈ guard
ʈ[[|˦]] [1] ڈھ Tonal ʈ
[[|dʒ]] ج hedge
[[|˦]] جھ Tonal tʒ
[[|f]] ਫ਼ ف food
[[|ɡ]] گ agate
[[|˦]] گھ Tonal gʰ
[[|ɦ]] ہ ahead
[[|j]] ي yak
[[|k]] ک scan
k[[|ʰ]] کھ can
[[|l]] ل leaf
[[|m]] م much
[[|n]] ن not
[[|ɳ]] - burner
[[|ŋ]] - bank
[[|p]] پ span
p[[|ʰ]] پھ pan
(often pronounced [f] in Punjabi)
[[|q]] ਕ਼ ق a k in the throat
(Shamukhi; pronounced [k] in Gurmukhi)
[[|ɾ]] ر trilled r
[[|ɽ]] ڑ US: larder
ɽ[[|ʱ]] ੜ੍ਹ ڑھ as [ɽ] plus h
[[|s]] س sue
[[|ʃ]] ਸ਼ ش shoe
[[|t̪]] [1] ت stable
[[|ʰ]] [1] تھ table
[[|ʈ]] [1] ٹ art
ʈ[[|ʰ]] [1] ٹھ art-historian
[[|tʃ]] چ catch
[[|ʰ]] چھ choose
[[|ʋ]][2] و varies between w and v
[[|x]] ਖ਼ خ Bach
(Shahmukhi; usually [kʰ] in Gurmukhi)
[[|ɣ]] ਗ਼ غ like a French r
(Shahmukhi; usually [ɡ] in Gurmukhi). Close to uvular flap.
[[|z]] ਜ਼ ز zen
مصوتs
IPA Gurmukhi Shahmukhi English equivalent
[[|ɑː]] ਆ, ਪਾ آ, ـا bra
[[|eː]] ਏ, ਪੇ ے between yell and Yale
[[|ɛː]] ਐ, ਪੈ yell
[[|ə]] ਅ, ਪ ـَ nut
[[|iː]] [3] ਈ, ਪੀ ی feet
[[|ɪ]] [3] ਇ, ਪਿ ـِ dill
[[|oː]] ਓ, ਪੋ و old
[[|ɔː]] ਔ, ਪੌ law
[[|uː]] [3] ਊ, ਪੂ loot
[[|ʊ]] [3] ਉ, ਪੁ ـُ look
 ̃ ں nasal vowel
([ãː], [õː], etc.)


Suprasegmentals
IPA
[[|ˈ]] stress
(placed before stressed syllable)
[[|ː]] doubled consonant
  1. ^ ا ب پ ت ٹ ث ج چ To an English ear, [t̪ t̪ʰ ʈ ʈʰ] all sound like /t/, and [d̪ ɖ ] all sound like /d/. However, to a Punjabi 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 Punjabi speaker hears English /θ ð/ (the th sounds). Punjabi [ʈ ɖ] are pronounced with the tongue further back, touching behind the teeth, and [ʈʰ ɖ] are how a Punjabi speaker hears English t d; [ʈ] is how they hear English t after s.
  2. [v], [w] and intermediate [[[|ʋ]]] are allophonic in Punjabi. Some words, such as vart ('ਵਰਤ', fast), are pronounced with [v] and others, such as pakwan ('ਪਕਵਾਨ', food dish), are pronounced with [w].
  3. ^ ا ب پ ت /iː, ɪ/ and /uː, ʊ/ are neutralized to [i, u] at the end of a word.