Are Ahmadis Not True Muslims? — Page 75
? 75 u for (like oo in wood ) Long vowels by: a for or (like a in father ); i for or (like ee in deep ); u for و (like oo in root ); Other: ai for (like i in site ); 17 au for و (resembling ou in sound ) Please note that in transliterated words the letter e is to be pronounced as in prey which rhymes with day ; however, the pronunciation is flat without the element of English diphthong. If in Urdu and Persian words e is lengthened a bit more, it is transliterated as ei to be pronounced as ei in feign without the element of diphthong. Thus ے is transliterated as kei. For the nasal sound of n we have used the symbol n. Thus the Urdu word ں is transliterated as mei n. 18 The consonants not included in the above list have the same phonetic value as in the principal languages of Europe. Curved commas are used in the system of transliteration, ‘ for ع , ’ for ء. Commas as punctuation marks are used according to the normal usage. Similarly, normal usage is followed for the apostrophe. 17 In Arabic words like (Sheikh) there is an element of diphthong which is missing when the word is pronounced in Urdu. [Publisher] 18 These transliterations are not included in the system of transliteration by The Royal Asiatic Society. [Publisher]