And here are the letters of the ‘jiim’ group starting with the first of the group - ‘jiim’ itself.

5.2.1: ‘jiim’

This is the letter - 'jiim' ( Devanagari: जीम | IPA: /d͡ʒiːm/; Pronunciation:   )

It creates the sound of ‘j’ (ज | ) as in “jam”, “major”, “haj” or as in the Hindi/Urdu words - “ल”, “अजीब”, “आ” etc.

5.2.2: ‘che’

This is the letter - ‘che’ (Devanagari: चे | IPA:  /t͡ʃeː/  | Pronunciation:   ).

It creates the sound of ‘ch’ (च | ) as in “child”, “kitchen”, “match” or as in the Hindi/Urdu words - “ल”, “अल”, “आँ” etc.

5.2.3: ‘he’

This is the letter - ‘he’ (Devanagari: हे | IPA:  /heː/ | Pronunciation: ).

It creates the sound of ‘h’ (ह | ) as in “hat”, “mahout”, “oh” or as in the Hindi/Urdu words - “ल”, “रम”, “रू” etc.

5.2.4: ‘KHe’

This is the letter - ‘KHe’ (Devanagari: ख़े | IPA:  /xeː/ | Pronunciation: ).

It has no equivalent sound in English or Hindi.

It has a fricative sound and is one of the six sounds unique to Urdu. You can listen to it here:

Let’s move on to the next page to learn about ‘KHe’ in greater detail and see what makes it so unique.