Hindi - Devangargi Vowels
I am having trouble understanding how to tell the differences between certain vowels, and vowels with their modifiers.

For instance, differences between identifying 'e', versus 'ei' or 'ai.

I am writing in roman, but I am using flashcards to match the roman letters with their devanagari counterparts.

Any help on telling them apart?

Thanks!

Question

Hindi - Devangargi Vowels
I am having trouble understanding how to tell the differences between certain vowels, and vowels with their modifiers.

For instance, differences between identifying 'e', versus 'ei' or 'ai.

I am writing in roman, but I am using flashcards to match the roman letters with their devanagari counterparts.

Any help on telling them apart?

Thanks!

Answer

हिंदी स्वर – Hindi Vowels

अ – a , आ – aa, इ – i, ई – ee, उ – u, ऊ – oo, ऋ – Hri, ए – e, ऐ – ai, ओ – o, औ – au

Hindi Vowel “अ” Sounds Like”u” in English word” cut”.

Hindi Vowel “आ” Sounds Like”a” in English word” car”.

Hindi Vowel “इ” Sounds Like”i” in English word” hit”.

Hindi Vowel “ई” Sounds Like”ee” in English word” sheep”.

Hindi Vowel “उ” Sounds Like”u” in English word” put”.

Hindi Vowel “ऊ” Sounds Like”oo” in English word” pool”.

Hindi Vowel “ऋ” Sounds Like”r” in English word” trip”.

Hindi Vowel “ए” Sounds Like”a” in English word” tape”.

Hindi Vowel “ऐ” Sounds Like”a” in English word” hat”.

Hindi Vowel “ओ” Sounds Like”o” in English word” coat”.

Hindi Vowel “औ” Sounds Like”o” in English word” hot”.

Hindi Vowel “अँ” Sounds Like”an” in English word” gang”.

Source - http://hindipathak.com/grammar/alphabet-sounds/

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