Consonants |
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IPA | Nagari[1] | IAST | English equivalent |
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b | ब | b | abash | bʱ | भ | bh | abhor | c | च | c | catch | cʰ | छ | ch | choose | d̪ | द | d | ado | d̪ʱ | ध | dh | adhere | ɖ | ड | ḍ | guard | ɖʱ | ढ | ḍh | guardhouse | ɡ | ग | g | agate | ɡʱ | घ | gh | pigheaded | h | ः | ḥ | head | ɦ | ह | h | ahead | j | य | y | yak | ɟ | ज | j | hedge | ɟʱ | झ | jh | hedgehog | k | क | k | scan | kʰ | ख | kh | can | l | ल | l | leaf | m | म | m | much [2] | n̪ | न | n | not [2] | ɳ | ण | ṇ | burner [2] | ɲ | ञ | ñ | canyon [2] | ŋ | ङ | ṅ | bank [2] | p | प | p | span | pʰ | फ | ph | pan | r | र | r | | s̪ | स | s | sue | ʂ | ष | ṣ | worship | ɕ | श | ś | shoe | t̪ | त | t | stable | t̪ʰ | थ | th | table | ʈ | ट | ṭ | art | ʈʰ | ठ | ṭh | art-historian | ʋ | व | v | between ‹w› and ‹v› |
| Vowels [2][3] |
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IPA | Nagari[1] | IAST | English equivalent |
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ə | अ, प | a | nut | ɑː | आ, पा | ā | bra | eː | ए, पे | e | between yell and Yale | i | इ, पि | i | happy | iː | ई, पी | ī | feet | l̩ | ऌ, पॢ | ḷ | Syllabic ‹l›: bottle | l̩ː | ॡ, पॣ | ḹ | Long syllabic ‹l› | oː | ओ, पो | o | old | r̩ | ऋ, पृ | ṛ | Syllabic ‹r›: better | r̩ː | ॠ, पॄ | ṝ | Long syllabic ‹r›: bird | u | उ, पु | u | look | uː | ऊ, पू | ū | loot | əi | ऐ, पै | ai | | əu | औ, पौ | au | |
Other symbols |
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IPA | Nagari[1] | IAST | English equivalent |
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̃ | ँ | ṃ | nasal vowel ([ãː], [õː], etc.) [2] | ˈ | | | stress (placed before stressed syllable) |
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