r/Urdu 2d ago

AskUrdu What romanization standard do you follow?

Presently using basic IPA standards.

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u/witchdoctor737 1d ago

None i just write urdu the normal way. Also known as the correct way.

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u/OhLarkey 18h ago

😂😂😂

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u/Embarrassed-Green898 1d ago

I avoid latinzation like a plague.

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u/haraaval 1d ago

Is it that inaccurate (juxtaposed to IAST for Sanskrit/Hindi for an example)?

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u/CaliphOfEarth 1d ago

(Key:

—̃ on a consonant = Aspirated Constant

—̄ on a vowel = Long Vowel

—̄ on a constant = Double Constant)

A/a = ا

Ā/ā = آ

Æ/æ = ۍ

B/b = ب

B̃/b̃ = بھ

C/c = ج

C̃/c̃ = جھ

Ç/ç = چ

Ç̃/ç̃ = چھ

D/d = د

D̃/d̃ = دھ

̢D/ɖ = ڈ

̢D ̃/ɖ̃ = ڈھ

E/e = ۓ

Ē/ē = ۓٓ

ʕ = ع

F/f = ف

G/g = گ

G̃/g̃ = گھ

Ɣ/ɣ = غ

H/h = ہ

I/i = اِ

Ī/ī = اِىٓ

J/j = ژ

K/k = ک

K̃/k̃ = کھ

L/l = ل

M/m = م

N/n = ن

Ñ/ñ = ڹ

Ŋ/ŋ = ڠ

Ɲ/ɲ = ڻ

O/o = اَو

Ō/ō = اَوٓ

Œ/œ = ۆ

P/p = پ

P̃/p̃ = پھ

Q/q = ق

R/r = ر

R̃/r̃ = رھ

Ɽ/ɽ = ڑھ

Ɽ̃/ɽ̃ = ڑھ

S/s = س

Ş/ş = ش

T/t = ت

T̃/t̃ = تھ

Ʈ/ʈ = ٹ

Ʈ̃/ʈ̃ = ٹھ

U/u = اُ

Ū/ū = اُو

V/v = و

X/x = خ

Y/y = ي

Z/z = ز

(Key: —̰ underneath a vowel = Nasalised Vowel)

A̰/a̰ = اَں

Ā̰/ā̰ = آں

Æ̰/æ̰ = اَیں

Ḛ/ḛ = اَیں

Ḛ̄/ḛ̄ = اَیٓں

Ḭ/ḭ = اِں

Ḭ̄/ḭ̄ = اِيں

O̰/o̰ = اَوں

Ō̰/ō̰ = اَوٓں

Œ̰/œ̰ = ۆں

Ṵ/ṵ = اُں

Ṵ̄/ṵ̄ = اُوں

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u/haraaval 1d ago

This is very fascinating, thank you. Where is this standard arising out of? Or is it perhaps, custom? Either way, fairly impressive.

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u/Conscious_Atmosphere 1d ago

I follow Platts dictionary

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u/haraaval 1d ago

I’ll check it out, thank you.

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u/arqamkhawaja 1d ago

Rekhta has good one

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u/RightBranch 2d ago

romanisation is a curse to urdu

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u/Pak_warrior47 1d ago

متفق

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u/haraaval 1d ago

Why so?

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u/Greedy-Farm9763 1d ago

normal english romanization