Sunday, December 5, 2010

Lets Start with the Basics!

 For Learning any language, it's best to begin with its alphabets.

The Hindi Script is called the Devnagari ( देवनागरी ) Script

The order of alphabets in Hindi script is called Varnamala (वर्णमाला.)

It has 12 vowels called Swar (स्वर)  and 36 basic consonants called Vyanjan (व्यंजन)

Here are the vowels of Hindi :
अ     आ      इ      ई      उ      ऊ      ए      ऐ       ओ       औ        अं       अ:    ऋ

The pronounciation is as follows:

अ  -the pronounciation of u in the word  'up'

आ -the pronounciation of a in the word 'salsa'

इ   -the pronounciation of i in the word  'sick'

ई   -the pronounciation of ee in the word  'see'

उ   -the pronounciation of u in the word  'tsunami'

ऊ   -the pronounciation of ou in the word  'soup'

ए    -the pronounciation of ay in the word  'bay'

ऐ    -the pronounciation of a in the word  'act' and 'man'

ओ  -the pronounciation of o in the word  'bow' or oa in 'boat'

औ  -the pronounciation of ow in the word  'cow'

अं  -the pronounciation of um in the word  'yum'

अ:  -pronounciation-ahha

ऋ - re as in "rematch'

We'll add the pronounciation soon......Keep updating yourself for the new features!

More about consonants soon.......Happy Practising!!!!!!

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