SindhiOnline Script: vowel o

Sindhi Online: Script: VOWEL o

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Vowel o

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[ Description | Writing Animation | Pronunciation Notes | Exercises ]

Description

This vowel is marked with the sequence alifu + vao , with no diacritics, in detached and initial forms. In medial and final forms,"o" is marked with vao alone.

Writing Animation:
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The detached letter o:				[SOUND]

A word-initial o:			suddenly	[SOUND]
	ochito

A word-medial o:			gold	[SOUND]
	sonu	[see note below]

A word-final o:			fan	[SOUND]
	pankho

The nasalized vowel on:				[SOUND]

A word-final on:			in front of, before	[SOUND]
	saamhon

Note: In the word sonu 'gold', the o+n combination is not the same as the nasalized vowel on . In sonu the /n/ is in the onset of the second syllable: so.nu. which is why it is a full consonant and not the the nasal part of a vowel as in the nasal o vowel in the word saamhon 'in front of, before'.

Pronunciation Notes

This vowel is pronounced as long [o], as the vowel in American English "boat". The nasalized version is pronounced as in American English "bone".

Exercises

Visual Discrimination Exercise

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