Hindi Alphabet (हिंदी वर्णमाला) — Vowels, Consonants & Matras
The Hindi alphabet is known as Hindi Varnamala (हिंदी वर्णमाला). Written in the Devanagari script, it is an abugida script consisting of 11 independent vowels (Swar) and 33 core consonants (Vyanjan). Unlike Latin scripts, Devanagari is completely phonetic: every letter represents an unvarying, precise acoustic sound.
Devanagari Vowels (स्वर) & Consonants (व्यंजन) Directory
Explore letters with Roman transliteration and audio pronunciation
a
Vowel (स्वर)
Ex:
aa
Vowel (स्वर)
Ex:
i
Vowel (स्वर)
Ex:
ee
Vowel (स्वर)
Ex:
u
Vowel (स्वर)
Ex:
oo
Vowel (स्वर)
Ex:
ri
Vowel (स्वर)
Ex:
e
Vowel (स्वर)
Ex:
ai
Vowel (स्वर)
Ex:
o
Vowel (स्वर)
Ex:
au
Vowel (स्वर)
Ex:
k
Ka-Varga (क-वर्ग)
Ex:
kh
Ka-Varga (क-वर्ग)
Ex:
g
Ka-Varga (क-वर्ग)
Ex:
gh
Ka-Varga (क-वर्ग)
Ex:
ng
Ka-Varga (क-वर्ग)
Ex:
ch
Cha-Varga (च-वर्ग)
Ex:
chh
Cha-Varga (च-वर्ग)
Ex:
j
Cha-Varga (च-वर्ग)
Ex:
jh
Cha-Varga (च-वर्ग)
Ex:
nya
Cha-Varga (च-वर्ग)
Ex:
T
Ta-Varga (ट-वर्ग)
Ex:
Th
Ta-Varga (ट-वर्ग)
Ex:
D
Ta-Varga (ट-वर्ग)
Ex:
Dh
Ta-Varga (ट-वर्ग)
Ex:
N
Ta-Varga (ट-वर्ग)
Ex:
t
Ta-Varga (त-वर्ग)
Ex:
th
Ta-Varga (त-वर्ग)
Ex:
d
Ta-Varga (त-वर्ग)
Ex:
dh
Ta-Varga (त-वर्ग)
Ex:
n
Ta-Varga (त-वर्ग)
Ex:
p
Pa-Varga (प-वर्ग)
Ex:
ph / f
Pa-Varga (प-वर्ग)
Ex:
b
Pa-Varga (प-वर्ग)
Ex:
bh
Pa-Varga (प-वर्ग)
Ex:
m
Pa-Varga (प-वर्ग)
Ex:
y
Antastha (अंतःस्थ)
Ex:
r
Antastha (अंतःस्थ)
Ex:
l
Antastha (अंतःस्थ)
Ex:
v / w
Antastha (अंतःस्थ)
Ex:
sh
Ushma (ऊष्म)
Ex:
shh
Ushma (ऊष्म)
Ex:
s
Ushma (ऊष्म)
Ex:
h
Ushma (ऊष्म)
Ex:
Linguistic & Pronunciation Guidelines
In Devanagari, consonants inherently possess an "a" sound unless modified by a matra (vowel sign) or a halant (्) which mutes the vowel. For instance, क + ् = क्.
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Frequently Asked Questions — Hindi Varnamala
Standard Hindi Varnamala comprises 44 core letters (11 vowels and 33 consonants). Additional combined letters (Sanyukt Vyanjan like क्ष, त्र, ज्ञ) bring total characters to 52.
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