| Consonants |
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| IPA[1] | Nagari[1] | IAST[1][2] | English approximation |
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| b | ब | b | about | | bʱ | भ | bh | clubhouse | | ɕ | श | ś | sheep, pronounced more forward, toward the teeth (palatalized) | | d | द | d | width | | dʱ | ध | dh | redhead (butdental) | | dʑ | ज | j | juice, pronounced more forward, toward the teeth (palatalized) | | dʑʱ | झ | jh | hedgehog | | ɖ | ड | ḍ | American bird | | ɖʱ | ढ | ḍh | American birdhouse | | ɡ | ग | g | again | | ɡʱ | घ | gh | loghouse | | ɦ | ह | h | ahead | | j | य | y | yak | | k | क | k | skin | | kʰ | ख | kh | kin | | l | ल | l | leaf | | m | म | m | much | | n | न | n | tenth | | ɲ | ञ | ñ | canyon[3] | | ɳ | ण | ṇ | American burn[3] | | ŋ | ङ | ṅ | sting[3] | | p | प | p | span | | pʰ | फ | ph | pan | | r[4] | र | r | Indianroti | | s | स | s | soup | | ʂ | ष | ṣ | American worship | | t | त | t | stable | | tʰ | थ | th | table (but dental) | | ʈ | ट | ṭ | stable | | ʈʰ | ठ | ṭh | table | | tɕ | च | c | riches, pronounced more forward, toward the teeth (palatalized) | | tɕʰ | छ | ch | chew | | ʋ | व | v | betweenwine andvine |
| | Vowels[3][5] |
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| IPA | Nagari | IAST[2] | English approximation |
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| ɐ | अ,प | a | comma | | aː | आ,पा | ā | bra | | i | इ,पि | i | sit | | iː | ई,पी | ī | feet | | u | उ,पु | u | full | | uː | ऊ,पू | ū | fool | | eː | ए,पे | e | Scottish wait | | ɐːi̯[6] | ऐ,पै | ai | hi | | oː | ओ,पो | o | story | | ɐːu̯[7] | औ,पौ | au | how | | Syllabic Consonants |
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| r̩[8] | ऋ,पृ | ṛ | Possibly like bird | | r̩ː[9] | ॠ,पॄ | ṝ | longer ṛ | | l̩[10] | ऌ, पॢ | ḷ | bottle | | Vowel Diacritics |
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| ◌̃ | ँ | ◌̃/m̐ | nasal vowel[ɐ̃],[ãː],[õː], etc.)[3] | | h | ः[11] | ḥ | head |
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