Devanagari Script Made Easy - Part 1

Deva(na)gar-i-sempre! Part 1, Take one. (Take two was much better, but wouldn't upload..)

If you take our alphabet, the corresponding Dev letters are very similar, and moreover, they seem to follow a logical progression, where if you change the previous letter ever so little, you get the next one.

The traditional way of teaching these letters, I find, is not helpful at all, since their order makes no particular sense to the non-linguist (namely, us). The way I show here, so long as you can remember your ABC, you should be fine.

The other letters will come later, after I have found a good way of presenting them. For now, though, you should already be able to transcribe words of any Romance language in Dev script.

I'll be putting stuff on www.orgsites.com/ct/learnhindi as I go along..

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[yadsik]

This is really fascinating. Do you think that this is a coincidence or due to the Indo-European language network?

[galho96]

@yadsik For all I know, it's just the easiest way I could find to teach myself the alphabet. But, it is perfectly possible, I guess. If you do look into it and find an answer, post it here!

[marekiller8]

@galho96 Lol. Depends on what else is in your brain. :D

[galho96]

@marekiller8 Thanks! I meant "exchange brains"! (That is, I'd start knowing the language but not the script, and you'd start knowing the script but not the language.) Still up for it? Haha.

[marekiller8]

@galho96 Yes it is an amazing script! I always loved the way it looks and feels. Its also amazing to think its the same manner in which people 1,000's of years prior wrote when writing Sanskrit. If by exchange you mean languages, I already speak English fluently as I also spoke it from birth, but if you need help with anything, I would enjoy teaching! Thanks for replying!

[galho96]

@marekiller8 You know, you really got the hard part outta the way then! Wanna exchange?! Anyways, I think Devanagari is a really pretty script, and it is fun to read/write. In fact, it's the prettiest script I've ever seen, most symmetric and most useful (in terms of corresponding to the sounds, etc.).

[galho96]

@marekiller8 You know, you really got the hard part outta the way then! Wanna exchange?! Anyways, I think Devanagari is a really pretty script, and it is fun to read/write. In fact, it's the prettiest script I've ever seen, most symmetric and most useful (in terms of corresponding to the sounds, etc.).

[marekiller8]

@galho96 Yein both acha tarekha hai kisi koh paraneh ke liye. Mein Hindi janam seh bolthatha par mujkho kabi Devangari parna/likna nai atha tha. Shukria.

[Islam4Life7]

Thank you so much! Im a beginner and have found this video really helpful.

[mustafaavi123]

yar i know urdu and i know the important pronunciations are all the same,mujhe grammar ki koi zarurat nai aur na hi vocabulary ki,mujhe bs yeh seekhna hai k hindi ka konsa letter urdu k equivalent hai(jo pta lag chuka hai) now i just need to know k letters ko mila k word kese bnana hai!!!! help needed