According to the National Language Authority [of Pakistan], Urdu has 57 letters of which 39 are basic letters while 17 are digraphs to represent Aspirated consonant made by attaching basic consonant letters with a variant of He [ھ] called Do Chasham He. Tāʼ marbūṭah [ۃ] is also sometimes considered a letter though it is rarely used except for in certain loan words from Arabic. [Wikipedia]
ا | آ | ب | بھ | پ | پھ | ت | تھ | ٹ | ٹھ | ث | ج |
جھ | چ | چھ | ح | خ | د | دھ | ڈ | ڈھ | ذ | ر | رھ |
ڑ | ڑھ | ز | ژ | س | ش | ص | ض | ط | ظ | ع | غ |
ف | ق | ک | کھ | گ | گھ | ل | لھ | م | مھ | ن | نھ |
ں | و | وھ | ہ | ئ | ی | یھ | ے |
[Reference: Corpus Based Urdu Lexicon Development]
Historically there has been debates and subsequent difference of opinion on the actual number of Urdu Alphabets. A very informative article by revered Dr. Rauf Parekh sums it up nicely.
Vowels:
Romanization | Pronunciation | Initial Form | Middle Form | Final Form | Isolated Form |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
a | /ə/ | اَندر | سَر | اَ | |
ā | /aː/ | آم | باغ | وفا | آ |
i | /ɪ/ | اِدھر | دِن | اِ | |
ī | /iː/ | اِینٹ | تِیسرا | گھڑی | اِی |
u | /ʊ/ | اُلفت | سُلطان | اُ | |
ū | /uː/ | اُوپر | دُور | قابُو | اُو |
e | /eː/ | ایک | میرا | لڑکے | اے |
ai | /ɛː/ | اَیسا | کَیسا | ہَے | اَے |
o | /oː/ | اوس | دوست | کو | او |
au | /ɔː/ | اَور | مَوسم | نَو | اَو |
[Reference: Wikipedia]
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