| Consonants |
| IPA[१] | Hindi[१] | ISO 15919 [१] | Urdu | Approximate English equivalent |
| k |
क | ka | ک | sky |
| kʰ |
ख | kha | کھ | ache (khh sound) |
| ɡ |
ग | ga | گ | again |
| ɡʱ |
घ | gha | گھ | aghast |
| ŋ |
ङ | ṅa | ن | bank (mostly Hindi; Urdu uses [n] (ن)). |
| tʃ |
च | ca | چ | catch |
| tʃʰ |
छ | cha | چھ | choose |
| dʒ |
ज | ja | ج | jazz |
| dʒʱ |
झ | jha | جھ | hedgehog (strong jhh sound) |
| ɲ |
ञ | ña | ن | roughly like canyon (mostly Hindi; Urdu uses [n] (ن)). |
| ʈ[२] |
ट | ṭa | ٹ | artist |
| ʈʰ[२] |
ठ | ṭha | ٹھ | Thai, tarp (deeper thh sound) |
| ɖ[२] |
ड | ḍa | ڈ | odd, depot |
| ɖʱ[२] |
ढ | ḍha | ڈھ | adhere |
| ɳ |
ण | ṇa | ن | bunny (mostly Hindi; Urdu uses [n] (ن)). |
| t̪[२] |
त | ta | ت، ط | kite |
| t̪ʰ[२] |
थ | tha | تھ | thump (dental thh sound) |
| d̪[२] |
द | da | د | the |
| d̪ʱ[२] |
ध | dha | دھ | within (as a dhh sound, tongue touches palate, strong air exhalation) |
| n |
न | na | ن | not |
| p |
प | pa | پ | pencil |
| pʰ |
फ | pha | پھ | pith (phh sound) |
| b |
ब | ba | ب | butter |
| bʱ |
भ | bha | بھ | abhor |
| m |
म | ma | م | much |
| j |
य | ya | ی | yak |
| r |
र | ra | ر | rapture (r may be trilled) |
| l |
ल | la | ل | leaf |
| ʋ[३] |
व | va | و | varies between w and v |
| ʃ |
श | śa | ش | shoe (light s with h sound) |
| ʂ |
ष | ṣa | ش/س | assure (strong s; no h sound) (mostly Hindi; Urdu uses either [ʃ] (ش) or [s] (س)). |
| s |
स | sa | ث، س، ص | sue |
| ɦ |
ह | ha | ح | head |
| q |
क़ | qa | ق | quail (k in the throat, tongue not touching palate) (mostly Urdu; sometimes substituted for [k] (क) in Hindi) |
| x |
ख़ | k͟ha | خ | Bach (kh in the throat, tongue not touching palate) (mostly Urdu; sometimes substituted for [kʰ] (ख) in Hindi) |
| ɣ |
ग़ | ġa | غ | similar to a French r (mostly Urdu; sometimes substituted for [ɡ] (ग) in Hindi). |
| z |
ज़ | za | ذ، ز، ض، ظ | zen, zero |
| ʒ |
झ़ | zha | ژ | pleasure, seizure |
| ɽ |
ड़ | ṛa | ڑ | gourd |
| ɽʱ |
ढ़ | ṛha | ڑھ | as [ɽ] plus h; somewhat as the US: warhead or Greek rho |
| f |
फ़ | fa | ف | phantom, food (f sound) |
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| Vowels |
| IPA | Hindi | ISO 15919 | Urdu | Approximate English equivalent |
| ə[४] |
अ, प | a | اَ، بَ | strut, but |
| aː |
आ, पा | ā | آ, بَا | far, heart |
| ɪ[५] |
इ, पि | i | اِ، بِ | dill, still |
| iː[५] |
ई, पी | ī | اِی، بِی | feed |
| ʊ[५] |
उ, पु | u | اُ، بُ | book, took |
| uː[५] |
ऊ, पू | ū | اُو، بُو | moon |
| rɪ |
ऋ, पृ | r̥ | ری، پر | Syllabic ‹r›: repaired |
| eː |
ए, पे | ē | اے، بے | Yale |
| ɛː |
ऐ, पै | ai | اَے، بَے | rain,, feign |
| oː |
ओ, पो | ō | او، بو | roar |
| ɔː |
औ, पौ | au | اَو، بَو | awe |
| ◌̃ |
ँ | m̐ | ـں | nasal vowel faun ([ãː, õː], etc.) |
| ŋ, ɲ, ɳ, n, m, ◌̃ |
ं | ṁ | ـں | jungle |
| ɦ |
ः | ḥ | ه | ahead |
| Suprasegmentals |
| IPA | |
| ˈ◌ |
stress (placed before stressed syllable) |
| ◌ː |
doubled consonant (placed after doubled consonant) |
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