Pronunciation of the letters
From ISpeakHindi.com - All About Hindi Wiki
Vowels
The following table gives some idea how to pronounce the various vowels based on similar sounding vowels in other languages.
| Vowel | Sounds like (in American English) | Sounds like (in Dutch) |
| अ | ago | bus |
| आ | answer | maan |
| इ | it | zit |
| ई | eat | piet |
| उ | foot | voet |
| ऊ | ooze | |
| ए | aim | zeem |
| ऐ | act | bek |
| ओ | oak | spook |
| औ | all |
Consonants
The pronunciation of the consonants is covered in a series of podcasts, they are released one a week. Below are links to the consonants that have been covered sofar.
| क mp3 | ख | ग | घ | ङ |
| च mp3 | छ | ज mp3 | झ | ञ |
| ट mp3 | ठ mp3 | ड mp3 | ढ mp3 | ण mp3 |
| त mp3 | थ mp3 | द mp3 | ध mp3 | न mp3 |
| प mp3 | फ | ब | भ | म |
| य | र | ल | व | श |
| ष | स | ह |
