Alphabets
So the first step to learn any language is to learn the writing script or alphabets
Hindi is written in the Devanagari script
In Hindi there are 2 categories
a) स्वर (Swar ) – vowels
b) व्यंजन (Vyanjan) – consonants
There are vowels diacritics, which are symbols attached to the consonants . we will learn more about this later
The virama (विराम ) indicates that the 'a' sound is muted.
For instance, this Hindi word would be pronounced as kam (कम). With the virama (विराम ) under the k (क्), it’s pronounced as km.
So lets begin with the स्वर (swar)
अ- a
आ- aa – as in aunt
इ- i as in key (short ee)
ई- ee – as in eat (long ee)
उ- u (short oo)
ऊ- uu – as in tool (long oo)
ऋ- Ri
ए- e – as in ate
ऐ- ai – as in I
ओ- o
औ- ow – as in owl
अं - an
अः - ah
व्यंजन (Vyanjan)
क - Ka
ख - Kha
ग - Ga
घ - Gha
ङ - Nga
च - Cha
छ - Chha
ज - Ja
झ - Jha
ञ - Nya
ट - Ta
ठ - Tha
ड - Da
ढ - Dha
ण - Ana
त - Ta
थ - Tha
द - Da
ध - Dha
न - Na
प - Pa
फ - Fa
ब - Ba
भ - Bha
म - Ma
य - Ya
र - Ra
ल - La
व - Va
श - Sh
ष - Sha
स - Sa
ह - Ha
क्ष - Ksha
ज्ञ - Gya
त्र - Tra
श्र - Sra
Additional letters:
क़ - Qa
ख़ - Kha/xa
ज़ - Za
Overview
स्वर
अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ऋ
ए ऐ ओ औ अं अः
व्यंजन
क ख ग घ ङ
च छ ज झ ञ
ट ठ ड ढ ण
त थ द ध न
प फ ब भ म
य र ल व श ष स ह
क्ष त्र ज्ञ श्र
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