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അറബിക് ലിപിയിൽനിന്നും ഉരുത്തിരിഞ്ഞ പേർഷ്യൻ ലിപി(നസ്താലീക് രീതി) ഉപയോഗിച്ച് വലത്തുനിന്ന് ഇടത്തോട്ടാണ് ഉർദു എഴുതുന്നത്.
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! Letter !! Name of letter !! Phonemic representation (in IPA)
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| {{lang|ur|ا}} || ''alif'' || {{IPA|/ɪ/,/ʊ/,/ɘ/,/ɑ/}} depending on diacritical marks
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| {{lang|ur|ب}} || ''be'' || {{IPA|/b/}}
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| {{lang|ur|پ}} || ''pe'' || {{IPA|/p/}}
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| {{lang|ur|ت}} || ''te'' || {{IPA|/t̪/}}
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| {{lang|ur|ٹ}} || {{Unicode|''ṭe''}} || {{IPA|/ʈ/}}
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| {{lang|ur|ث}} || ''se'' || {{IPA|/s/}}
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| {{lang|ur|ج}} || ''jīm'' || {{IPA|/dʒ/}}
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| {{lang|ur|چ}} || ''ce'' || {{IPA|/tʃ/}}
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| {{lang|ur|ح}} || {{Unicode|''baṛī he''}} || {{IPA|/h/}}
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| {{lang|ur|خ}} || ''khe'' || {{IPA|/x/}}
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| {{lang|ur|د}} || ''dāl'' || dental {{IPA|/d̪/}}
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| {{lang|ur|ڈ}} || {{Unicode|''ḍāl''}} || retroflex {{IPA|/ɖ/}}
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| {{lang|ur|ذ}} || ''zāl'' || {{IPA|/z/}}
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| {{lang|ur|ر}} || ''re'' || dental {{IPA|/rʃ/}}
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| {{lang|ur|ڑ}} || {{Unicode|''ṛe''}} || retroflex {{IPA|/ɽ/}}
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| {{lang|ur|ز}} || ''ze'' || {{IPA|/z/}}
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| {{lang|ur|ژ}} || ''zhe'' || {{IPA|/ʒ/}}
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| {{lang|ur|س}} || ''sīn'' || {{IPA|/s/}}
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| {{lang|ur|ش}} || ''shīn'' || {{IPA|/ʃ/}}
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| {{lang|ur|ص}} || ''su'ād'' || {{IPA|/s/}}
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| {{lang|ur|ض}} || ''zu'ād'' || {{IPA|/z/}}
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| {{lang|ur|ط}} || ''to'e'' || {{IPA|/t/}} dental
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| {{lang|ur|ظ}} || ''zo'e'' || {{IPA|/z/}}
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| {{lang|ur|ع}} || ''‘ain'' || {{IPA|/ɑ/}} after a consonant; otherwise {{IPA|/ʔ/}}, {{IPA|/ə/}}, or silent.
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| {{lang|ur|غ}} || ''ghain'' || {{IPA|/ɣ/}}
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| {{lang|ur|ف}} || ''fe'' || {{IPA|/f/}}
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| {{lang|ur|ق}} || ''qāf'' || {{IPA|/q/}}
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| {{lang|ur|ک}} || ''kāf'' || {{IPA|/k/}}
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| {{lang|ur|گ}} || ''gāf'' || {{IPA|/g/}}
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| {{lang|ur|ل}} || ''lām'' || {{IPA|/l/}}
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| {{lang|ur|م}} || ''mīm'' || {{IPA|/m/}}
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| {{lang|ur|ن}} || ''nūn'' || {{IPA|/n/}} or a [[nasal vowel]]
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| {{lang|ur|و}} || ''vā'o'' || {{IPA|/v/, /u/, /ʊ/, /o/, /ow/}}
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| {{lang|ur|ہ, ﮩ, ﮨ}} || {{Unicode|''choṭī he''}} || {{IPA|/ɑ/}} at the end of a word, otherwise {{IPA|/h/}} or silent
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| {{lang|ur|ھ}} || ''do cashmī he'' || indicates that the preceding consonant is [[Aspiration (phonetics)|aspirated]] ({{IPA|/pʰ/, /t̪ʰ/, /ʈʰ/, /tʃʰ/, /kʰ/}}) or [[breathy voice|murmured]] ({{IPA|/bʱ/, /d̪ʱ/, /ɖʱ/, /dʒʱ/, /gʱ/}}).
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| {{lang|ur|ء}} || ''hamzah'' || {{IPA|/ʔ/}} or silent
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| {{lang|ur|ی}} || {{Unicode|''choṭī ye''}} || {{IPA|/j/, /i/, /e/, /ɛ/}}
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| {{lang|ur|ے}} || {{Unicode|''baṛī ye''}} || {{IPA|/eː/}}
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== സംസാരം ==
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