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DEVANAGARI Feedback welcome!  Rupert Snell  rupertsnell@austin.utexas.edu These tables are designed for use by teachers and learners of Devanagari, and may be freely incorporated into course materials, printed for reference, or read online. Please acknowledge HUF! Many thanks to our calligraphers, Aruna Kharod  and  Bipul Pandey.  A set of materials for reading practice is in preparation. CONTENTS 1. Consonants        2. Consonants (Nagari only)        3. Consonants (Roman only)        4. Dotted consonants        5a. Consonants: handwriting (Aruna Kharod)      5b.  Consonants: handwriting (Bipul Pandey)     6. Consonants (plain table)        7. Consonants (Hindi terms)        !8. Vowels        9a. Vowels: handwriting (Aruna Kharod)      9b. Vowels: handwriting (Bipul Pandey)      10. Numerals      11. Lambert’s handwritten chart      12. Lambert’s handwritten paragraph      13. Further resources      14. A traditional varṇamālā      DEVANAGARI  1 — CONSONANTS— HINDI URDU FLAGSHIP —क  ka ख  kha ग  ga घ  gha ङ  ṅaच  ca छ  cha ज  ja झ  jha ञ  ñaट  ṭa ठ  ṭha ड  ḍa ढ  ḍha ण  ṇaत  ta थ  tha द  da ध  dha न  naप  pa फ  pha ब  ba भ  bha म  maय  ya र  ra ल  la व  vaश  śa ष  ṣa स  saह  haDEVANAGARI  2 — CONSONANTS (Nagari only)— HINDI URDU FLAGSHIP —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  DEVANAGARI  3 — CONSONANTS  (Roman only)— HINDI URDU FLAGSHIP — ka    kha    ga  gha  ṅa ca  cha  ja  jha  ña ṭa  ṭha  ḍa  ḍha  ṇa ta  tha  da  dha  na pa  pha  ba  bha  ma ya  ra  la  va śa  ṣa  sa haDEVANAGARI  4 — DOTTED CONSONANTS!— HINDI URDU FLAGSHIP —क़  qa ख़  kha ग़  gaज़  zaड़  ṛa ढ़  ṛhaफ़  faDEVANAGARI  6 — CONSONANTS (plain table)— HINDI URDU FLAGSHIP —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  DEVANAGARI  7 — CONSONANTS (Hindi terms)— HINDI URDU FLAGSHIP —अघोष घोषअ%प'ाण महा'ाण अ%प'ाण महा'ाण अनuनाiसकक1ठ3 क  ka ख  kha ग  ga घ  gha ङ  ṅaताल6य च  ca छ  cha ज  ja झ  jha ञ  ñaम8ृध;<य ट  ṭa ठ  ṭha ड  ḍa ढ  ḍha ण  ṇaद<>य त  ta थ  tha द  da ध  dha न  naओ@3 प  pa फ  pha ब  ba भ  bha म  maअAत Bथ य  र  ल  व     ऊEम!श  ष  स  ह  DEVANAGARI  8  — VOWELS!!Note well: 1.  The small subscript ring used in transliterating ऋ (क#$ण Krṣ̥ṇa) is often replaced with a subscript dot (Kṛṣṇa). 2.   The final row takes the consonant क् k  as an example; but the same principle applies with all consonants  —  स सा iस सी सu स, स- . स/ सो सौ  etc. 3. The combinations ru and rū have special forms:  2 and 3   (thus  2पया rupayā  and  3प  rūp).   Fortunately ऋ does not appear after the consonant r ! — HINDI URDU FLAGSHIP —1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11vowel character अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ऋ ए ऐ ओ औvalue a ā i ī u ū ̥ e ai o auka, kā, ki, kī etc.क का .क की क0 क1 क2 3 क4 को कौDEVANAGARI  10 — NUMERALS! ! ०	 १	 २	 ३	 ४	 ५	 ६	 ७	 ८	 ९	 १०                                                                                    श"#य एक दो तीन चार पा0च छह सात आठ नौ दस                                                                                                                                              !Handwritten set, showing variants, from H.M. Lambert,  Introduction to the Devanagari Script   (Oxford, OUP, 1953) — HINDI URDU FLAGSHIP —Time to learn these numerals!DEVANAGARI  11 — Lambert’s handwritten chart!This chart is from H.M. Lambert, Introduction to the Devanagari Script. (Oxford, OUP, 1953). Notice the variant shapes for अ etc., ख, झ, ण. Boxed characters are used in Sanskrit only. — HINDI URDU FLAGSHIP —DEVANAGARI  12 — Lambert’s handwritten paragraph!This example of handwriting is from H.M. Lambert, Introduction to the Devanagari Script. (Oxford, OUP, 1953).  — HINDI URDU FLAGSHIP —DEVANAGARI  13 — Further resources! !Richard Delacey and Sudha Joshi, Elementary Hindi — !ाथिमक iह)दी.  Rutland (Vermont), Tuttle, 2009. H.M. Lambert, Introduction to the Devanagari Script. Oxford, OUP, 1953. Colin P. Masica, The Indo-Aryan Languages. Cambridge, CUP, 1991. Rupert Snell, Read and Write Hindi Script. London, Hodder Education, 2010. Rupert Snell, Transliterating Devanagari  http://hindiurduflagship.org/resources/learning-teaching/transliterating-devanagari/ Richard Woodward, Hindi Script Tutor  http://www.avashy.com/hindiscripttutor.htm — HINDI URDU FLAGSHIP —DEVANAGARI  14 — A traditional varṇamālā— HINDI URDU FLAGSHIP —

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