The Table I contain all the vowel sounds (phonemes) spoken in Sindhi language. For each sound, it gives the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbol and its transcription in Sindhi as isolated vowel sound and the vowel in word utterance. Table II describe the recording details of the collected speech data.
I. Vowels of Sindhi:
|
S.no |
IPA |
Sindhi |
Vowel sound and Word sound |
Word Utterance |
Sindhi |
Translation |
|
1 |
i |
اِي |
iy.mp3 1_iy.mp3
s i r ə 1_siyra.mp3
|
s i r ə |
سِيرَ |
Mainstream |
|
2 |
i |
اِ |
i.mp3 2_i.mp3
s ɪ r ә 2_sira.mp3
|
s ɪ r ә
|
سِر |
Brick |
|
3 |
e |
اي |
eh.mp3 3_eh.mp3
s e r ə 3_sera.mp3
|
s e r ə |
سير |
One Kilo |
|
4 |
ɛ |
اَي |
ae.mp3 4_ay.mp3
s ɛ r ə 4_sayra.mp3
|
s ɛ r ə |
سئير |
Walks |
|
5 |
ә |
اَ |
a.mp3 5_a.mp3
s ə r ə 5_sara.mp3
|
s ə r ə |
سَرَ |
Name of plant |
|
6 |
ɑ |
آ |
aa.mp3 6_aa.mp3
s ɑ r ə 6_saara.mp3
|
s ɑ r ə |
سارَ |
To remember |
|
7 |
ɔ |
اَو |
ao.mp3 7_ao.mp3
ʈʃ ə v ə n d o 7_chavandao.mp3
|
ʈʃ ə v ə n d o |
چوندو |
He will say |
|
8 |
o |
او |
o.mp3 8_o.mp3
ʈʃ ə v ə n d ɔ 8_chavando.mp3
|
ʈʃ ə v ə n d ɔ |
چوندَئو |
You will say |
|
9 |
ʋ |
اُ |
u.mp3 9_u.mp3
s ʋ r ə 9_sura.mp3
|
s ʋ r ə |
سُرَ |
Tunes |
|
10 |
u |
اُو |
uo.mp3 10_uo.mp3
s u r ә 10_suora.mp3
|
s u r ә |
سُورَ |
Pain |
Table II. Recording details:
|
Language |
Sindhi |
|
Recording Content |
i. Isolated vowel sound ii. Vowel sound in word |
|
Geographical Location |
Province Sindh of Pakistan |
|
Recording Date |
January 2009 |
|
Language Dialects |
Mid, Lari, Utradi, Thari, Lasi |
|
Digitization Quality |
48 kHz, 16-bits (mono) |
|
Rights of Access |
University of Sussex |
Note: We have collected speech samples from 75 native male speakers from five different regions in the Sindh province of Pakistan where five different dialects are being spoken. The other speech samples will be uploaded on this site soon.