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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	→	ँ