Today I will teach you the Urdu alphabet. If you follow everything provided in this page, you will be able to read, write and pronounce the Urdu letters quickly and easily. I'm providing the sound so that you can hear the pronunciation of the characters. Urdu contains 64 letters (consonants and vowels). Below you will find the letters, the pronunciation and sound.
| ا | [a] like ask |
| ب | [b] like ball |
| پ | [p] like pen |
| ت | [t] like tea |
| ٹ | [ṭ] like top |
| ث | [th] like think |
| ج | [j] like joy |
| چ | [ch] like charm |
| ح | [h] like hot |
| خ | [kh] like Bach |
| د | [d] like dove |
| ڈ | [ḍ] like drink |
| ذ | [dh] like that |
| ر | [r] like rice |
| ڑ | [ṛ] like rabbit |
| ز | [z] like zoo |
| ژ | [zh] like vision |
| س | [s] like small |
| ش | [sh] like shrine |
| ص | [ṣ] like salt |
| ض | [z̤] like those |
| ط | [t] like tower |
| ظ | [ẓ] like this |
| ع | ['] like none |
| غ | [gh] like none |
| ف | [f] like food |
| ق | [q] like queue |
| ک | [k] like kilo |
| گ | [g] like guest |
| ل | [l] like life |
| م | [m] like moon |
| ن | [n] like nice |
| و | [v, o] like wet, cool |
| ہ ﮩ ﮨ | [h] like house |
| ھ | [h] like house |
| ء | ['] like art |
| ی | [y, i] like yes |
| ے | [ai or e] like way |
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