Organs of Hindi Pronunciation
There are six parts of mouth that are mainly used to speak
. These are - throat (kanth), palette (taaloo), teeth (danta), lips (oshhth), nasal (nasika) and front of palette (agr-taaloo).
For some of the alphabets, you need to use two of these organs.
Table Showing Organs of Hindi Pronunciation
Place | Vowels | Consonants |
1. कंठ vocal ch | अ, आ | क, ख, ग, घ, ङ |
2. तालु | इ, ई | च, छ, ज, झ, ञ |
3. मूर्धा | ऋ | ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण |
4. दंत teeth | ---- | त, थ, द, ध, न |
5. ओष्ठ lips | उ, ऊ | प, फ, ब, भ, म |
6. नासिका nasal | ---- | अं, ङ, ञ, ण, न, म |
7. कंठतालु | ए, ऐ | ----- |
8. कंठोष्ठ्य | ओ, औ | ----- |
9. दंतोष्ठ्य | ---- | व |
Special Alphabets
The following alphabets are pronounced using nasal in conjunction with other parts noted in the table above.
ङ, ञ, ण, न, म
Hindi Pronunciation Examples
Vowel | As In |
| Ultra |
| Father |
| Ink |
| Feel |
| Pull |
| Moon |
| Ray |
| Angel |
| So |
| Owl |
| Hunger |
| Ah! |
Character map for Hindi transliteration
Digits
0 | → | ० |
1 | → | १ |
2 | → | २ |
3 | → | ३ |
4 | → | ४ |
5 | → | ५ |
6 | → | ६ |
7 | → | ७ |
8 | → | ८ |
9 | → | ९ |
Character set
ka | → | क |
kaa | → | का |
ki | → | कि |
kii | → | की |
ku | → | कु |
kuu | → | कू |
ke | → | के |
kai | → | कै |
ko | → | को |
kau | → | कौ |
kM | → | कं |
kH | → | कः |
Consonants
k or c | → | क |
kh | → | ख |
g | → | ग |
gh | → | घ |
ch | → | च |
Ch or chh | → | छ |
j | → | ज |
jh or z | → | झ |
T | → | ट |
Th | → | ठ |
D | → | ड |
Dh | → | ढ |
N | → | ण |
t | → | त |
th | → | थ |
d | → | द |
dh | → | ध |
n | → | न |
p | → | प |
ph or f | → | फ |
b | → | ब |
bh | → | भ |
m | → | म |
y | → | य |
r | → | र |
l | → | ल |
L | → | ळ |
v or w | → | व |
sh | → | श |
Sh or shh | → | ष |
s | → | स |
h | → | ह |
ksh | → | क्ष |
Vowels
a | → | अ |
aa or A | → | आ |
i | → | इ |
ii or I or ee | → | ई |
u | → | उ |
uu or U or oo | → | ऊ |
e | → | ए |
ai | → | ऐ |
o | → | ओ |
au | → | औ |
aM | → | अं |
aH | → | अः |
Specials
OM | → | ॐ |
g.n | → | गं |
D.N | → | डँ |
.n | → | ं |
.N | → | ँ |