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This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Hindi and Urdu on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Hindi and Urdu in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
Normally, pronunciation is given only for the subject of the article in its lead section. For non-English words and names, use the pronunciation key for the appropriate language. If a common English rendering of the non-English name exists (Venice, Nikita Khrushchev), its pronunciation, if necessary, should be indicated before the non-English one.
There are many online services available that transliterate text written in Roman to Devanagari accurately, using Hindi dictionaries for reference, such as Google transliteration or Microsoft Indic Language Input Tool. This solution is similar to input method editors, which are traditionally used to input text in languages that use complex ...
Among the close vowels, what in Sanskrit are thought to have been primarily distinctions of vowel length (that is /i, iː/ and /u, uː/), have become in Hindustani distinctions of quality, or length accompanied by quality (that is, /ɪ, iː/ and /ʊ, uː/). [7]
No, I wasn't thinking of writing a tome here :) I agree it should be a key. Here's how I am thinking about it - please let me know where you differ. The IPA key is largely used as an assist to pronounce Hindi-Urdu words by non-native speakers and non-speakers. When these words are pronounced, they should sound right to native H-U ears.
Microsoft is an amalgamation of the words “microcomputer” and “software,” while Walmart a combination of the last name of the superstore’s founder, Sam Walton, and “mart.”
Square brackets are used with phonetic notation, whether broad or narrow [17] – that is, for actual pronunciation, possibly including details of the pronunciation that may not be used for distinguishing words in the language being transcribed, but which the author nonetheless wishes to document. Such phonetic notation is the primary function ...
In other words, what you hear when you search “how to pronounce Qatar” is fine. “Another way that also works is Kuh-Ter ,” Al-Ansari added, “but sometimes that sounds like ‘gutter ...