Urdu into the IPT system:
Urdu = IPT
(Alif) ا = a in “father”
(Be) ب = b in “bat”
(Che) چ = ch in “cheese”
(Dal) د = d in “dog”
(Ḍāl) ڈ = d (a retroflex ‘d’)
(Fe) ف = f in “fish”
(Gāf) گ = g in “go”
(He) ھ = h in “hat”
(Ḥe) ح = h (a heavy ‘h’)
(He Do Chashmi) ہ = h (Pronounced like ‘h’ with a breathy sound)
(He Gol) ھ = h (Pronounced like ‘h’ in some words)
(Hamzah) ء = h (Glottal stop, like a brief pause)
(Khe) خ = (c)h as a guttural sound “Bach” in German
(Je) ج = j in “jump”
(Kāf) ک = k in “kite”
(Lām) ل = l in “lamp”
(Me) م = m in “man”
(Noon) ن = n in “nest”
(Nūn Ghunnā) ں = n (Nasal sound, as in ‘n’ in French “on”)
(Pe) پ = p in “pot”
(Qāf) ق = q (Pronounced like ‘q’ as a deep ‘k’)
(Re) ر = r in “run”
(Ṛe) ڑ = r (a retroflex ‘r’)
(Ain) ع = r (Pronounced from the throat, similar to the French ‘r’)
(Ghain) غ = r (Pronounced like the French ‘r’ but further back in the throat)
(Se) ث = s in “snake”
(Se) س = s in “see”
(She) ش = sh in “she”
(Ṣād) ص = s (S) (deeper sound)
(Te) ت = t in “top”
(Ṭe) ٹ = t (a retroflex ‘t’)
(Ṭā) ط = ṭ (T) (deeper sound)
(Ve) و = v in “vase”
(Ze) ز = z in “zebra”
(Zāl) ذ = z in “zero”
(Ẓād) ض = z (Z) (deeper sound)
(Ẓā) ظ = ẓ (Z) (deeper sound)
(Ẓāl) ژ = zh in “measure”