An Introduction to Spoken Kashmiri

 The Sounds of Kashmiri

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High-Back, Rounded Vowels

and  are high back rounded vowels. These are similar  to the vowels in Hindi-Urdu, duka:n 'shop' and du:r 'far', or English put and loot.

Examples:


 

Contrast between palatal and non-palatal consonant sounds






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