Nepali Letters

Let's now learn the Nepali letters. Knowing these characters will allow you to read and write commonly used expressions and words with ease.

अ	[a] as in Alabama
आ	[aa] as in hat
ए	[e] as in egg
ई	[ii] as in we
ऍ	[ei] as in main
ऎ	[ei] as in mean
ऐ	[ai] as in mate
इ	[i] as in ink
ओ	[o] as in home
ऑ	[oi] as in toy
ऒ	[oii] as in oyster
ऊ	[uu] as in noon
औ	[ou] as in house
उ	[u] as in Uzbakistan
ब	[B] as in bat
भ	[Bha] as in Bob Hansen
च	[Ca] as in cat
छ	[Chha] as in Rich Hansen
ड	[Da] as in day
ढ	[Dha] as in Edward Hansen
फ	[Fa] as in fast
फ़	[Fi] as in fit
ग	[Ga] as in gas
घ	[Gha] as in Ghana
ग़	[Ghi] as in Ghistapo
ह	[Ha] as in hand
ज	[Ja] as in Jakarta
झ	[Jha] as in Jhahan
क	[Ka] as in Kashmir
ख	[Kha] as in Khan
ख़	[Khi] as in Khim
ल	[L] as in love
ळ	[Li] as in lip
ऌ	[Li] as in list
ऴ	[Lii] as in Lima
ॡ	[Lii] as in Bradley
म	[Ma] as in man
न	[Na] as in Namibia
ङ	[N'a] as in Stan Alan
ञ	[Nia] as in Niagara
ण	[Nae] as in Nigeria
ऩ	[Ni] as in Nicaragua
ॐ	[oms] as in Tom's book
प	[Pa] as in Panama
क़	[Qi] as in King
र	[Ra] as in rank
ऋ	[Ri] as in ring
ॠ	[Ri] as in risk
ऱ	[Ri] as in Brie
स	[Sa] as in Sam
श	[Sha] as in Shanghai
ष	[Shha] as in wash hand
ट	[Ta] as in Tamara
त	[T'a] as in Matt Alan
ठ	[Tha] as in Thailand
द	[Tha] as in Thailand
थ	[T'ha] as in Thailand
ध	[Thha] as in Keith Hansen
ड़	[ugDha] as in drug down
ढ़	[ugDhha] as in hugged hand
व	[Va] as in vast
य	[Ya] as in yacht
य़	[Yi] as in yeast
ज़	[Za] as in zap

The above letters in Nepali should allow you to read and write the following pages with much ease: popular phrases in Nepali, Nepali homepage, or Nepali Grammar. Nepali quiz and flashcard can also be found on our homepage.

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