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user:zeman:transliteration-of-urdu-to-latin-script [2010/11/09 16:40]
zeman Short vowels. 		user:zeman:transliteration-of-urdu-to-latin-script [2010/11/09 16:52]
zeman Vocabulary.
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 ===== Vowels ===== ===== Vowels =====
  
-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:+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 (note however that I am not attempting to further distinguish //o// from the slightly different vowel //ao// that is pronounced as //au// in English //automatic//; I am pretending that these two are identical). In most cases however, the script can only output //[wūo]// and leave the disambiguation to a human judgment:
  
   * In word-initial position, I assume that only consonantal pronunciation is possible and always output //w//.   * In word-initial position, I assume that only consonantal pronunciation is possible and always output //w//.
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   * In all other cases I output //[wūo]//.   * In all other cases I output //[wūo]//.
  
-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:+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 (note however that I am not attempting to further distinguish //e// from the slightly different vowel //ae// that is pronounced more open; I am pretending that these two are identical). In most cases however, the script can only output //[yīe]// and leave the disambiguation to a human judgment:
  
   * In word-initial position, I assume that only consonantal pronunciation is possible and always output //y//.   * In word-initial position, I assume that only consonantal pronunciation is possible and always output //y//.
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 | 0626 | ئ | - | 0 | | 0626 | ئ | - | 0 |
 | 0674 | ٔ (high hamza) | - | 0 | | 0674 | ٔ (high hamza) | - | 0 |
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 +The transliteration script should contain a gradually growing vocabulary that would help disambiguate known words. Otherwise there would be a very high number of ambiguous positions in any transliterated string.
  
 ===== Vowel Diacritics ===== ===== Vowel Diacritics =====

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