The consonant h on its own is now silent or very weakly pronounced except word-initially.Lata, Swaran; Arora, Swati (2013) "Laryngeal Tonal characteristics of Punjabi: An Experimental Study" However, certain dialects which exert stronger tone, particularly more northern Punjabi varieties and Dogri, pronounce h as very faint (thus tonal) in all cases. E.g. hatth > àtth.
The consonant h on its own is now silent or very weakly pronounced except word-initially.Lata, Swaran; Arora, Swati (2013) "Laryngeal Tonal characteristics of Punjabi An Experimental Study" However, certain dialects which exert stronger tone, p:articularly more northern Punjabi varieties and Dogri, pronounce h as very faint (thus tonal) in all cases. E.g. hatth > àtth.