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user:zeman:transliteration-of-urdu-to-latin-script [2010/11/09 14:29] zeman Noon ghunna a heh goal/doachashmee. |
user:zeman:transliteration-of-urdu-to-latin-script [2010/11/09 15:02] zeman wy |
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| | 06BE | ھ | h | h | | | 06BE | ھ | h | h | | ||
| | 06CC | ی | j | y | | | 06CC | ی | j | y | | ||
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| + | ===== Vowels ===== | ||
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| + | The consonant (or semi-vowel) و //(w)// is also ambiguously used to represent the long vowels //ū// (pronounced as //oo// in English //fool//) and //o// (pronounced as //oo// in English //door//). I want to distinguish these three pronunciations. In most cases however, the script can only output //[wūo]// and leave the disambiguation to a human judgment: | ||
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| + | * In word-initial position, I assume that only consonantal pronunciation is possible and always output //w//. | ||
| + | * Anywhere immediately before ا (ALEF), I assume that only consonantal pronunciation is possible and always output //w//. | ||
| + | * In word-final position, I believe that vowel is more likely although I am not sure that the consonant can be completely excluded. Nevertheless, | ||
| + | * If it appears immediately before word-final ں (NOON GHUNNA), I consider it part of plural oblique case suffix and invariably output //o//. | ||
| + | * In all other cases I output //[wūo]//. | ||
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| + | The consonant (or semi-vowel) ی //(y)// is also ambiguously used to represent the long vowels //ī// (pronounced as //ee// in English //feet//) and //e// (pronounced roughly as //ai// in English //fair//). I want to distinguish these three pronunciations. In most cases however, the script can only output //[yīe]// and leave the disambiguation to a human judgment: | ||
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| + | * In word-initial position, I assume that only consonantal pronunciation is possible and always output //y//. | ||
| + | * Anywhere immediately before ا (ALEF), I assume that only consonantal pronunciation is possible and always output //y//. | ||
| + | * In word-final position, I assume that the only possible reading is //ī//. | ||
| + | * In all other cases I output //[yīe]//. | ||