Learn to Read a Language

INTRODUCTORY GUIDANCE

·       General guidance for easier learning

·       Use of sound files (.wav)

·       Use of character fonts—old (ASCII) and new (Unicode)

·       Starting to read or speak a language

·       Keyboard Macro Shortcuts for Romanized Typing of Asian Scripts
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READ LANGUAGES A drawing of a person's face and a book WITH THE HELP OF SOUNDS.

Read Arabic, Assamese, Bengali, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurumukhi, Hindi, Hindustani, Hiragana, Japanese, Katakana, Marathi, Naskh, Nastaliq, Nepali, Persian, Pinyin (Mandarin Chinese), Punjabi, Pashto (Pushtu), Romaji, Sanskrit, Urdu.

·       Read Bengali

o   Bengali

o   Assamese

·       Read Devanagari

o   Hindi

o   Marathi

o   Nepali

o   Sanskrit

o   Hindustani

·       Read Gujarati

·       Read Gurumukhi

o   Punjabi (East)

·       Read Mandarin Chinese (using Pinyin)

·       Read Japanese

o   Hiragana

o   Katakana

o   Romaji

·       Read Naskh and Nastaliq

o   Arabic

o   Pashto (Pushtu)

o   Persian (Farsi)

o   Urdu

o   Hindustani

o   Punjabi (West)

OLD ASCII FONTS (OPTIONAL)

If you refer to some older language files that are not PDF documents, these may be illegible without Jaspell Jaldi True Type (ASCII) fonts installed on your device.

·       Download All fonts, Bengali, Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurumukhi, Chinese Pinyin, Japanese, Naskh and Nastaliq

SOUNDS FOR PRONUNCIATION GUIDES

·       Get sound files (.wav) so you can hear  the pronunciation guides.

o   Download .wav files

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