Formant Analysis of Punjabi Non-nasalized Vowel Phonemes

Abstract

This paper presents the analysis of vowel phonemes of Punjabi. It shows formant analysis of vowels produced by speakers of Punjabi as a first language from Punjab. Comparison and analysis have been given with ten vowel phonemes of English. The vowel productions of a group of male speakers of Punjabi were recorded. Acoustic phonetic analyses of vowel formant frequencies and vowel duration were performed. It is amply clear in analysis that both language have different vowel phonemes. Mean of the respective formant frequencies are different.