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LANGUAGE

From written signs to everyday conversation.

Hindi / Hindi

Devanagari

देवनागरी

An abugida: consonant letters carry an inherent vowel. Dependent vowel marks alter it; a virama suppresses it. Written and spoken Hindi also differ through schwa deletion.

Devanagari descends from the Brahmi family and is used for several languages. This collection focuses on Hindi readings.

Contrast
त and ट are dental and retroflex; थ is aspirated t, not English th.
Read
पानी pānī = water. कि combines क and ि; visual order differs from sound order.
Next
Learn conjuncts such as क्र and Hindi schwa deletion in words, not by pronouncing every consonant with a.
Unicode script charts

Signs

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