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About Nepali Consonants Chart
Need to know do you know the consonants when it comes to Nepali language? In articulatory phonetics, a Nepali consonant is actually a speech sound that’s articulated by using full or simply partial closure of the vocal tract. The word consonant can be employed to talk about a letter of a Nepali alphabet that signifies a consonant sound. Learn More
Nepali Consonants Chart
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Nepali Consonants in Alphabet
| 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. |
Nepali Diphthongs in Alphabet
Click on the links directly below to check out a list of beneficial Nepali holiday words and phrases which are structured by group. For each holiday word or phrase in Nepali, you will find the actual English translation.
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