STANDARDIZED ROMAN SINDHI ILLUSTRATED ALPHABET CHART

VERSION LA2009 UPDATED AT SUMMIT CONFERENCE IN AHMEDABAD ON 29 MARCH 2010

How to read this chart:
1. In each box there is one Sindhi sound explained. The Romanized Sindhi script appears in Red, on top of the image. The Arbi Sindhi script symbol and
Devnagiri script for the same sound appear in black. For some sounds there are more than one script symbol in Arbi Sindhi as you can see for ‘a’. For some
sounds there is no corresponding appropriate Devnagiri script.
2. In general the image shows the object for which corresponding word in Romanized Sindhi is shown in Red font, for example a’nbu in first sound ‘a’.
3. For certain unique Arbi Sindhi consonants, signs Caret ^ or Tilde ~ were used as suffix to create matching Roman consonants.
4. Most Sindhi words end with a shorter or half vowel sounds. These short vowels are only three. These are ‘a’ ‘i’ and ‘u’. When you hear spoken Sindhi words, you will be able to note these.
For example, in "a’nbu", ‘u’ is pronounced lightly as ‘bu’ but not as strongly as in English ‘Bush’.
5. The English word for the object is given in BLUE CAPITALS fonts.
6. Apostrophe ‘ is used before n to make ‘n which denotes Nasal Sound.

A a B b B^ b^ Bh bh C c Ch ch Chh chh D d
Not used In
Romanized
Sindhi
Fuctions
taken over by s
and k.
A’nbu MANGO Bat~ee LAMP B^aaru CHILD Bhit~i WALL Cha’ndu MOON Chhatee UMBRELLA Digho TALL
D~ d~ Dh~ dh~ Dh dh D^ d^ E e F f G g G^ g^

This Image
used
For School
Work Only

D^yaaree DIWALI
D~aree WINDOW Dh~anu MONEY Dhandha LAKE Picture is symbolic Et~ro SO MUCH Fon PHONE Gulu FLOWER G^othu VILLAGE
Ghh ghh Gh gh G~ g~ H h I i J j Jh jh J^ j^

Ghhaaleecho CARPET Gharu HOUSE Sig~a HORNS Heero DIAMOND Injin~i ENGINE Jabalu Mountain Jhirkee SPARROW J^ibha TONGUE

J~ J~ K k Kh kh Khh khh L l M m N n N~ n~

GROOM’S
WEDDING
J^aj~a PROCESSION Kapr^o CLOTH Khata COT Khhat~u LETTER Lakun~u WALKING STICK Mevo FRUIT Naku NOSE Van~u TREE
’N ’n O o P p Ph ph Q q R r R^ r^ S s
Nasal Sound: Is not used
maa’n In Romanized
haa’n Sindhi.
achaa’n Function taken
Over by k.
Ozaara TOOLS Pet~ee BOX Phataako CRACKER Richhu BEAR Ghor^o HORSE Samu’ndu OCEAN
Sh sh T t T~ t~ Th~ th~ Th th U u V v W w is not
Used in
Romanized
Sindhi.
Functions
taken over by
Shahiru CITY Tapaalee POSTMAN T~aaraa STARS Th~elo BAG Thoo’nth ELBOW Uthu CAMEL Vaadho CARPETER v
Y y Z z
X x is not NOTES:
Used in (1) ALL CONSONANTS AND VOWELS IN ROMAN SINDHI ARE
Romanized
Sindhi SAVABLE AS AUDIO TAGGED DOC NAME.
(2) PRACTISING OF PRONUNCIATIONS WITH AUDIO CLIPS IS STRONGLY
RECOMMENDED.
Yaaru FRIEND Za’njeera CHAIN

FOLLOWING ARE VOWELS IN ROMAN SINDHI

a aa i ee u oo e ai o au a’n
ka kaa ki kee ku koo ke kai ko kau ka’n
Guidelines on pronunciation of vowels as against English vowels are as under:
* Vowel ‘u’ is used only as in ‘put’ and not as in ‘but’ or ‘boo’. * Vowel ‘i’ is used as in ‘kin’ and not as ‘kee’. English word ‘key’ is spelt as ‘kee’.
* Vowel ‘a’ is pronounced as in ‘kanu’ ‘manu’ English word ‘but’. English “but” is spelt as ‘bat’. English ‘bat’ is spelt as “baita’, English ‘back’ is spelt as “baik’ and English ‘bait’
is spelt as ‘bet’. * English father is spelt as `faad~ar' * Vowels a, i and u appearing at end of a Sindhi word are pronounced as semi (soft) vowels

A a AA aa I i Ee ee U u Oo oo E e Ai ai O o Au au A’n a’n

Kanu EAR T~aaro STAR Pit~alu BRASS Topee CAP Muthi FIST Soofu APPLE Th~elo BAG Bait~u POEM Math~o HEAD Naukaru SERVANT Ma’nd~aru TEMPLE
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