SindhiOnline Script: vowel uu

Sindhi Online: Script: VOWEL uu

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Vowel uu

CONTENTS:

[ Description | Writing Animation | Pronunciation Notes | Exercises ]

Description

This vowel is marked with the sequence alifu + vao , with the peshu diacritic above the vao, in detached and initial forms. In medial and final forms, "uu" is marked with vao plus the peshu diacritic alone, as .

Writing Animation:
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The detached letter uu:			[SOUND]

A word-initial uu:		superior, high	[SOUND]
	uucho

A word-medial uu:		pigeon	[SOUND]
	kabuutaru

A word-final uu:		pumpkin or bottle gourd	[SOUND]
	kaduu

*The nasalized vowel uun:*			[SOUND]

*A word-final uun:*		scorpion	[SOUND]
	vichhuun

Pronunciation Notes

This vowel is pronounced as long [uu], as the vowel of American English "boot" or "tube". The nasalized version is pronounced as in American English "boom" or "tune".

Exercises

Visual Discrimination Exercise

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