ਅ, ਸ and ਹ of Gurbani
The 35 akhar of Gurbani contains three vowels and 32 akhar or consonants. We have discussed the ਓ and ਅ vowels before, and we will continue with the rest that follows. ੲ is number three among the vowels and it works in the same place as the other vowel holders in Paintee alphabet of Punjabi. It is pronounced by emphasizing the syllables that come on second letters so that you say it as err-raw or era. To make use of it, you should place it before a word that lacks a vowel sound at the beginning. Romanising it will bring a slight difference sounding as ੲ or ਈੜੀ . As you can see, it varies when it comes to pronunciation comparison of the three languages. We call the consonants of Gurmukhi alphabets of 35 akhar and the ਸ is one of the top ones. It is equivalent in sound as letter S in English and is pronounced by emphasizing the second syllable to produce the sound ਸੱਸਾ . When you Romanize it, you get the phonetic ਸੱਸਾ that can get an alternative spelling of ਸੱਸਾ. The spelli...