Phonetics deals with speech sounds while phonology concerns with different patterns of sounds within a language or among different languages. This article deals with the research and critical study of English sources of modern Urdu phonetics and phonology. It is evident that modern Urdu phonetics and phonology are influenced by their respective fields of modern English linguistics. Those English sources of modern Urdu phonetics and phonology have been discussed in this article. Besides other general English linguistic sources, some major English sources of modern Urdu phonetics and phonology are “An Outline of English Phonetics” (1914) and “The Phoneme: its Nature and Use” (1949) by Daniel Jones, whereas, “Phonetics” (1943) and “Phonemics” (1947) by Kenneth Lee Pike. These English sources have been selected with special reference to “Sautyat Aur Phonemiyat” (1994) by Iqtidar Husain Khan.

1.            Edward Finnegan, Language: Its Structure and Use (Fort Worth: Hart Court Brace, 1999), 79.

2.            Iqtedar Hussain Khan, Sautiyat aur Phonemiyat (Nai Delhi: Taraqqi Urdu Bureau, 1994 AD), 63.

3.            Gyan Chand Jain, Aam Lisaniyat (Nai Delhi: Qaumi Council Baraye Farogh-e-Urdu Zaban, 1985 AD), 168.

4.             K. L. Pike, Phonemics (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1947), 57.

5.             Iqtedar Hussain Khan, Sautiyat aur Phonemiyat, viii.

6.             Ibid, 70-69.

7.             Ibid, 113.

8.             Ibid, 42.

9.              Daniel Jones, An Outline of English Phonetics (New York: G.E. Stechert & Company, 1922), 17.

10.            Ibid, 16.

11.             Iqtidar Hussain Khan, Sautiyat aur Phonemiyat, 65.

12.            Daniel Jones, The Phoneme: Its Nature and Use (Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd, 1949), 10.

13.             Iqtidar Hussain Khan, Sautiyat aur Phonemiyat, 29.

14.             K. L. Pike, Phonetics (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1943), 69.

15.              Ibid, vii.

16.             Iqtidar Hussain Khan, Sautiyat aur Phonemiyat, 70-69.

17.              K. L Pike, Phonemics, 57-66.

18.             https://www.britannica.com/topic/International-Phonetic-Alphabet, dated: 27-03-2023.

19.             Iqtidar Hussain Khan, Sautiyat aur Phonemiyat, 83.