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