Devanagari/Alphabet

In Devanagari, there are 12 vowels and 48 consonants (conjunction consonants are also included). The alphabet written with pronunciation Here are the letters in an alphabetical order. The vowels are on top, followed by the consonants. phonemeromanizationexample(in English)example(in Hindi) Vowels अ a (short) fun अब (ab, now) आ ā (long) father आठ (āth, eight) इ i (short) sick इमली (imlī Tamarind) ई ī (long) sheep मिठाई (mithāī, sweets) उ u (short) put उर्दू (Urdū) ऊ ū (long) shoot ऊन (ūn, wool) ऋ ri (short) (in Sanskrit words) crystal ऋषि (rishi, wise (person))ॠrī (long) (in Sanskrit words)ऌli (in Sanskrit words)ॡlī (in Sanskrit words) ए e (long) (French) née एक (ek, one) ऐ ai (long) hi ऐनक (ainak, glasses) ओ ō (long) loaf ओड़िया (Odia) औ au (long) scout औरत (aurat, woman) ऑ ô (short, used in English words like hot) robot ऑक्सीजन (oxygen)Vowel diacritics used with consonants ा ā(long) सामान (sāmān, baggage) ि i (short) पिता (pitā, father) ी ī (long) घी (ghī, butter) ु u (short) दुकान (dukān, shop) ू ū (long) जूता (jūtā, shoe) ृ ri (short) कृषि (krishi, agriculture) े ē(long) देना (dénā, to give) ै ai(long) है (hai, is (verb "to be")) ो o (short) सोमवार (somvār, Monday) ौ au (long) नौ (nau, nine) ॉ ô (short, used in English words like hot) कॉलेज (kôlej, college, university)अयोगवाह ं (anusvār, nasal consonant) रंग (rang, color) ँ (chandrabindu, nasalizes the preceding vowel) फ़्राँसीसी (fransīsī, French) अः ah (in Sanskrit words) दुःख (duhkh, sadness) Consonants क k come कमरा (kamrā, room) ख kh khaki खराब (kharāb, bad) ग g girl गाना (gānā, song, to sing) घ gh ghee घर (ghar, home, dwelling)ङ ṅ (like ng in sing) finger वाङ्मय (Vāṅmay, literature) च ch churn चार (chār, four) छ chh छह (chhah, six) ज j Jungle जाना (jānā, to go) झ jh झूठ (jhūth, lie) ञ ñ (only in combination with च छ ज झ) jalapeño ज्ञान (ज्+ञान) (Knowledge) ट t ton टमाटर (tamātar, tomato) ठ th ठंडा (thandā, cold) ड d dull डर (dar, Fear) ढ dh Adhere ढेर (dher, accumulation) ण n अणु (anu, molecule) त t Tente तमिल (tamil, Tamil) थ th Thunder द d दो (do, two) ध dh They धन्यवाद (dhanyavād, Thanks) न n none नमक (namak, salt) प p punk पति (pati, husband) फ ph fun फिर (phir, then) ब b balloon बीस (bīs, twenty) भ bh abhorred भारत (bhārat, India) म m mom माथा (māthā, forehead) य y yum यह (yah, this) र r Run रविवार (ravivār, Sunday) ल l Luck लाना (lānā, bring)ळl (used in some dialects of Hindi like Hariyanavi and languages like Marathi) व v, w One (the first half of its pronunciation) वायु (vāyu, air) श sh shell शनिवार (shanivār, Saturday) ष shh (in Sanskrit words) Nation षड्यंत्र (shhadyantra, conspiracy) स s silk सात (sāt, seven) ह h hill होना (honā, to be) क्ष kshh = क् + ष (compound vowel) क्षेत्र (kshhetra, Area) त्र tra = त् + र​ (compound vowel) trēs त्रिशूल (trishūl, Trident) ज्ञ jña = ज् + ञ (compound vowel) ज्ञान (jñān, Knowledge) श्र shra = श् + र​ (compound vowel) Shrunk श्री (shrī, Mr)