Gujarati + IPT 

Gujarati + IPT 

 

અ (a) = u as “cut” in English 

એ (ae) a as “cake” in English 

આ (aa) = a as “father” in English 

બ (ba) = b as “bat” in English 

ભ (bha) = bh as “Bhutan”

ચ (cha) = ch as “church” in English 

છ (chha) = chh as  “catch” in English 

ડ (da) = d as “dog” in English 

દ (da) = d as “dare” in English 

ઢ (dha) = dh as  “dharma”

ધ (dha) = dh as  “dharma” in English 

ઌ (e) = e as “bed” in English 

ઈ (ee) ee as “feet” in English 

ઘ (gha) = gh as “ghost” in English 

ઐ (ai) i as “find” in English 

ઇ (i) = i as “bit” in English 

જ (ja) = j as “jam” in English 

જ્ઞ (gya) = j-nya (Combination of “j” and “nya” sounds)

ક (ka) = k as “kite” in English 

ખ (kha) = kh as “khaki”

ક્ષ (ksha) = ksh in “kshatriya”

હ (ha) = h as “hat” in English 

લ (la) = l as “love” in English 

ળ (lla) = l (Unique retroflex “l” sound)

મ (ma) m as “man” in English 

ણ (na) = n as “no” in English 

ન (na) n as “nice” in English 

અં (am) = ng as “sing” in English 

ઞ (nya) = ny as “canyon” in English 

ઓ (o) = o as “go” in English 

ઊ (oo) = oo as “food” in English 

ઔ (au) ou as “house” in English 

અઃ (ah) = uh-oh (Glottal stop, similar to the sound between “uh-oh”)

પ (pa) = p as “pen” in English 

ફ (pha) = ph as  “phone” in English 

ર (ra) = r as “red” in English 

ઋ (ru) = rr as “perro” in Spanish

સ (sa) = s as “sun” in English 

શ (sha) = sh as “she” in English 

ષ (ssha) = sh (but with emphasis)

ટ (ta) = t as “top” in English 

ત (ta) = t as “tap” in English 

ઠ (tha) = th as “think” in English 

થ (tha) = th as “this” in English 

ઉ (u) u as “put” in English 

વ (va) = v as “vase” in English 

ય (ya) y as “yes” in English 

ઝ (za) = z as “zoo” in English 

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