In
this section, we shall discuss the sounds of Kashmiri, and provide illustrations
to give the learner the basic idea of these sounds. The sounds of Kashmiri
have been divided into two main sections: vowels and consonants.
There are eight vowels
in Kashmiri, i.e.
-
two high vowels, front
and back:
and 
-
two mid vowels, front and
back:
and 
-
one lower-mid back vowel:
-
three central vowels, high,
mid, and low:
 , 
and  .
All eight vowels have long f.mp3s (click on each item
below).
There are twenty-seven
consonants in Kashmiri. They may be grouped into the following categories:
12 stops, 5 affricates, 2 nasals, 4 fricatives, 1 lateral, 1 trill, and
2 glides.
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