Learn to Read Devanagari देवनागरी, हिंदी, मराठी, और नेपाली पढ़ने सिखो
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Learn to read Hindi, learn to
read Marathi, learn to read Nepali, and learn to read Sanskrit.
Click on a character to hear
its sound.
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CLASSIFICATION OF DEVANAGARI
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C O N
S O N
A N T S |
V O
W E L S |
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Family |
Hard |
Soft |
Soft |
Soft |
Hard |
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Held Huffed |
Held Huffed |
Nasals |
Semi- vowels |
Spirants |
Short |
Long |
Diphthongs |
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Guttural |
ka
kha |
ga gha |
nča |
ha |
hha |
a |
aa |
e, ei ee, ai |
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(ka)+hha |
ka |
kaa |
ke, kei kee, kai |
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Palatal |
ca
cha |
ja
jha |
nČa |
ya |
sha |
i |
ii |
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ki |
kii |
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Cerebral |
ta tha |
da dha |
na |
ra |
sa |
rri |
rrii |
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ra rha |
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krri |
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Dental |
ta
tha |
da
dha |
na |
la |
sa |
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Labial |
pa
pha |
ba
bha |
ma |
va, wa |
(ka)+hha |
u |
uu |
o oo, au |
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Others |
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(k)+n^ |
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ku |
kuu |
ko koo, kau |
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k`
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Foreign sounds are
represented by adding a dot to the closest Devanagari characters.
fa = फ़
qa = क़
za = ज़
Learn to write Hindi, learn to
write Marathi, learn to write Nepali, and learn to read Sanskrit. देवनागरी, हिंदी, मराठी, और नेपाली लिखने सिखो।
Go to http://www.jaspell.uk/readdeva.htm
and follow the links to our printable pages (.pdf) related to the chart given
above. You can make hard copies and practise your writing on them.
© 2001-2017 Jaspell (B J Burford and E J
Burford) Date of last edit: 20 May 2017