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Volume 12 : 7 July 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

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Outlining Saraiki Phonetics -
A Comparative Study of Saraiki and English Sound System

Muhammad Safeer Awan, Ph.D.
Abdul Baseer, M.Phil, Ph.D. Candidate
Muhammad Sheeraz, M.Phil, Ph.D. Candidate

Abstract

Saraiki, a language widely used in South Punjab, some parts of Sindh, Baluchistan and Khyber Pakhtoon Khwa in Pakistan, is gaining critical attention because of the ethno-linguistic politics in contemporary Pakistan which is culturally and linguistically diverse. Saraiki is believed to have six varieties. English, on the other hand, is considered to be the lingua franca of the world with many varieties. In the present study, focusing the Multani variety of Saraiki and the Standard British English, we endeavor to give a comparison of the phonetics of the two languages in terms of difference in their number of phonemes, places of articulation, and manner of articulation. In order to provide an account of Saraiki consonants, monophthongs and diphthongs, Saraiki syllables/words used as examples are transcribed and their meanings are provided in English. Diagrams, where necessary, are made to show the difference of place and manner of articulation of consonants of both the languages. Saraiki consonant clusters, Saraiki syllable structure, and stress patterns have also been discussed. The study is an attempt to further the research about the Saraiki phonetics. The study also illustrates that most of earlier researches about this widely used language in Pakistan were not carried out by the native speakers of Saraiki and therefore many gaps and problems have been found in them by the researchers of this article.

Keywords: Phonetics, Saraiki, English, Sound System, Stress, Syllable, Clusters

1. Introduction

This section is mainly devoted to Siraiki language supposing that the language in its comparison i.e. English has been widely researched and a large bulk of scholarly work is available on it. Hence, it requires no introductory writing here.

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Muhammad Safeer Awan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of English, International Islamic University
Islamabad, Pakistan
safeer.awan@iiu.edu.pk

Abdul Baseer, M.Phil., Ph.D. Candidate
Lecturer in English
Government College University
Faisalabad, Pakistan
abdulbasseer@yahoo.com

Muhammad Sheeraz, M.Phil., Ph.D. Candidate
Department of English, International Islamic University
Islamabad, Pakistan
m.sheeraz@iiu.edu.pk
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