roman urdu transliteration scheme...how to write effectively!

[MissFreudian]

Re: roman urdu transliteration scheme…how to write effectively!

@Khalil KhaaN FaaKhta

**Harf e VAAO has different sounds when used in different words…like waqt, waah waah, auqaat, vahm…it’s sound is like that of English letters V and W…when american’s pronounce V their upper teeth touch the inside of the lower lip while in case of W they make their mouth round and open…like Wovel…try to say WOVEL in american accent…you will notice the difference.

similarly, we say waah waah like they say wow! i always write waah waah while use u for vaao as in auqaat, or vahm with v as you would say letter V in american accent.

it all depends on it’s usage. it’s due to the science of Phonetics. ok? **

OK I’m not totally convinced by your answer ( sorry!)
Lets just talk about the words which start with VAAO not words with VAAO in the middle. You are saying that they can sound like W or V? Correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought Urdu has no letter which represents the english W sound? The Vaao words are ALWAYS pronounced with top two teeth touching the bottom lip as you said which in english is clearly the letter V!

Just like the english alphabet does not have a letter to represent our ‘kh’ sound, we should acknowledge that we dont have a letter to replicate the sound of ‘english W’ in urdu. Which means all urdu words beginning with VAAO should really be spelt with V.

Its these subtle differences which are not emphasized enough when teaching english in the sub continent, which lead to sometimes heavy accents. i.e I vant vater from the vell!