Hindi Alphabet

Hindi Alphabet - Transcript

Vowels in Hindi Alphabet As a in mal Stressed As I in ill As e in eke As u in Ubuntu As ou in you

As rhy in rhythm Conjugated sound of r and rhy as above As e in par se As a in as As o in go Stressed and long sound of o

Consonants in Hindi Alphabet As k in kite Coupled sound of k h kh As g in gun Coupled sound of g h gh As gn in gnome Does not produce a particular sound Just used for articulation of tongue while pronouncing the next







As ch in chair This sound is not available in English The tongue touches a bit away to the inner side from the teeth while pronouncing ch as in chair As j in jug This sound is not available in English The is produced using the naval sounds while the tongue touches the upper part of mouth cavity Just like gn of gnome with a slight up movement of tongue No particular sound just articulation while speaking

As t in top Hard sound of t Not available in English As d in dark Coupled sound of d and h dh Not available in English but as dh in Indian musical instrument dhol Nasal sound when the tongue touches a bit away from teeth In the tongue touches the roots of the teeth

Soft sound of t as used in the name of country Bharat As th in thermo As th in the Not available in English Again naval sound produced by coupling soft d and h dh As n in man

As p in push Sound of f if pronounced with closed lips f of German language As b in ban Not available in English Coupled sound of b and h bh As m in mass

As y in yacht As r in run As l in love As v in vowel As sh in shot Sound of sh when the tongue touches the roots of the teeth In the tongue touches the upper part of mouth cavity As s in sound As h in has

gy r tr ksh shr As

Coupled sound of g and y Coupled sound of soft t and Coupled sound of k s h A bit similar to x Coupled sound of s h r shr in shroud

Variations of consonants in Hindi Alphabet Sound of k produced from the throat equal to q of English Sound of kh produced from the throat As kh used in the name of khan Sound of g produced from the throat As z in zebra Next variation of d Not available in English and very difficult to produce for foreigners As re in Crore Not available in English Next variation of coupled sound of dh As f in fast As v in German language Sound of l when the tongue almost touches the throat

Specials characters in Hindi Alphabet As a in ball As ai in main

Symbols used in Hindi Alphabet Sound of n with the previous consonant along with some other symbols used for that consonant Sound of n with the previous consonant Sound of h with the previous consonant Sound of stressed a with the previous consonant Sound of i as in ill with the previous consonant Sound of e as in eke with the previous consonant

Sound of u as in Ubuntu with the previous consonant Sound of ou as in you with the previous consonant Sound of rhy as in rhythm with the previous consonant Double sound of rhy as in rhythm with the previous consonant Used for transliteration Giving the up sound to the symbol used

Sound of ai as in aim with the previous consonant Sound of a as in as with the previous consonant Sound of a as in ball with the previous consonant Sound of o as in go with the previous consonant Stressed sound of o Halant This is used to make the consonant half making it disjointed from the sound of Symbol of Full stop in English

Numeric symbols used in Hindi 0 9