| Consonants |
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| IPA | Examples | English Approximation |
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| Gurmukhi | Shahmukhi | ISO 15919 |
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| b | ਬੂਹਾ ਸਭ | بوہا سَبھ | būhā sabh | butter | | d | ਦਿੱਤਾ | دِتّا | dittā | duck[1] then | | d͡ʒ | ਜਦੋਂ ਮਾਝ | جدوں ماجھ | jadõ mājh | jug | | ɖ | ਡੰਗਰ ਕੱਢ | ڈَنگر کڈھ | ḍaṅgar kaḍḍh | guard[1] (Rhotic dialects) | | ɡ | ਗੱਡੀ | گڈّی | gaḍḍī | gut | | ɦ | ਹਾਏ | ہائے | hāē | ahead | | j[a] | ਯਾਰੀ | یاری | yārī | yuck | | k | ਕਿੱਥੇ ਘਰ | کِتّھے گھر | kitthē ghar | scab | | kʰ[b] | ਖੰਡ | کھنڈ | khaṇḍ | cab | | l | ਉਲਾਂਭਾ | الانبھا | ulāṉbhā | leaf | | ɭ[c] | ਰੌਲ਼ਾ | رَولؕا | rauḷā | garlic (Rhotic dialects) | | m | ਮਸੀਤ | مسِیت | masīt | much | | n | ਨੂੰਹ | نُونہہ | nū̃h | panther | | ɳ[c] | ਸੋਹਣਾ | سوہݨا | sōhṇā | burn | | ɲ | ਉਂਜ | اُنج | uñj | canyon | | ŋ | ਕੰਗਣ | کنگݨ | kaṅgaṇ | bang | | p | ਪਰ ਭਰਿਆ | پَر بھریا | par bhariyā | spot | | pʰ[b] | ਫੁੱਲ | پُھلّ | phull | pot | | ɾ[d] | ਵਾਰੀ | واری | wārī | American atom | | ɽ | ਕੂੜ | کُوڑ | kūṛ | garter(Rhotic dialects) | | s | ਸਾਡਾ | ساڈا | sāḍā | sun | | t | ਤਿੱਲੜ ਧੀ | تِلّڑ دھی | tillaṛ dhī | stub but dental[1] think | | tʰ | ਓਥੇ | اوتھے | othē | tub but dental[1] | | t͡ʃ | ਚੜ੍ਹਦਾ ਝੂਠ | چڑھدا جُھوٹھ | caṛhdā jhūṭh | catch | | t͡ʃʰ[b] | ਛੱਡ | چھڈّ | chaḍḍ | choose | | ʈ | ਸੱਟ ਢੀਠ | سٹّ ڈِھیٹھ | saṭṭa ḍhīṭh | carts[1] | | ʈʰ | ਕਾਠ | کاٹھ | kāṭh | American partake[1] | | ʋ[e] | ਵਹੁਟੀ | وَوہٹی | vauhṭī | vat[2] |
| | Vowels |
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| IPA | Examples | English Approximation |
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| Gurmukhi | Shahmukhi | ISO 15919 |
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| ə | ਕਮ | کم | kam | about | | aː | ਨਾਲ | نال | nāḷ | father | | e | ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ | واہِگرو | wāhiguru | say (shortened ē) | | eː | ਜੇਬ | جیب | jēb | say | | ɛ | ਰਹਿੰਦਾ | رہندا | rahandā | pen[4] | | ɛː | ਪੈਂਦਾ | پَیندا | painda | fairy | | ɪ | ਇਮਲੀ | اِملی | imlī | sit | | iː | ਈਖ | اِیکھ | īkh | seat | | i | ਕੀਤੀ | کیتی | kītī | happy[4][5] | | o | ਉਹਨਾਂ | اوہناں | uhnā̃ | story (short)[4][6][4] | | oː | ਕਰੋੜ | کروڑ | karōṛ | story (long) | | ɔ | ਔਖਾ | اَوکھا | aukhā | off (short)[4] | | ɔː | ਕੌਣ | کَوݨ | kauṇ | off (long) (General American) | | ʊ | ਤੁਕ | تُک | tuk | foot | | uː | ਸੂਤ | سُوت | sūt | cool (short)[5] | | u | ਦੂਜਾ | دُوجا | dūjā | cool (short)[4] | | ◌̃ | ਬਾਂਸ | بان٘س | bām̐s | nasal vowel faun ([ãː,õː], etc.) | | ਮੈਂ | میں | maiṁ |
| Suprasegmentals |
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| IPA | Example | Notes |
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| ˈ◌ | [pəɲˈd͡ʒaːb] | stress (placed before stressed syllable) | | ◌ː | [ˈkəʈːaː] | doubled consonant (placed after doubled consonant) | | á,é, ... | ਕੋੜ੍ਹਾکوڑھاkoṛhā'leper' | rising or hightone | | à,è, ... | ਘੋੜਾگھوڑاghoṛā'horse' | falling or lowtone |
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