Knowing the Nepali alphabet is crucial in learning the Nepali Language. Nepali alphabet configuration is used in a every day conversation. With out the Nepali alphabet, it is impossible to speak the Nepali terms correctly even if you know how to write those terms in Nepali. Learn More
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आ (aa) | like 'a' in "father" |
इ (i) | like the 'i' in "sit" |
उ (u) | like 'oo' in "boot" |
ए (e) | like 'e' in "bed" |
ओ (o) | like 'o' in "go" |
b | like 'b' in "bed" |
bh | like 'b' in "bed," but with an extra puff of air, like "Bhutan" |
ch | like 'ch' in "chat" |
chh | like 'ch' at the end of "church" |
d | like 'd' in "dog" |
dh | like 'd' in "dog" but with an extra puff of air, like "Dhaka" |
f | like 'f' in "frog" |
g | like 'g' in "go" |
gh | like 'g' in "go" but with an extra puff of air, like "Ghana" |
h | like 'h' in "help" (often silent in the UK and other Commonwealth countries) |
j | like 'dg' in "edge" |
k | like 'c' in "cat" |
kh | like 'kh' in "Khaki" |
l | like 'l' in "love" |
m | like 'm' in "mother" |
n | like 'n' in "nice" |
p | like 'p' in "pig" |
ph | like 'ph' in "phone" |
q | like 'q' in "quest" (with "u", almost always) |
r | like 'r' in "row", like 'r' in "feather" (often silent in the UK and other Commonwealth countries at end of word) |
s | like 'ss' in "hiss" |
t | like 't' in "top" |
v | at the beginning of a word, somewhere between the "v" in "vice" and "w" in "wives." In the middle of a word somewhere between the "v" in "vice" and the "b" in "bike." Spelling-wise, these are interchangable ("Shiva-Shiba" "Vishnu"-"Wishnu"). Err on the side of a "v" sound. |
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