This symbol will put the half-sound of ‘r’ in the foot of the consonant and its sound would come after the consonant. The symbol is not present as such in the Vrinda Font but can be made by pressing the Shift+3 keys. One after the bearing consonant and one before the bearing consonant. This is used to make the consonant half making it disjointed from the sound of অ.Īpart from these symbols, there are two types of half-sound of ‘r’ that is used in Hindi. Sound of ‘o’ as in go with the previous consonant

Sound of ‘a’ as in as with the previous consonant Sound of ‘ai’ as in aim with the previous consonant Sound of ‘rhy’ as in rhythm with the previous consonant Sound of ‘ou’ as in you with the previous consonant Sound of ‘u’ as in Ubuntu with the previous consonant Sound of ‘e’ as in eke with the previous consonant Sound of ‘i’ as in ill with the previous consonant Sound of stressed ‘a’ with the previous consonant Sound of ‘n’ with the previous consonant along with some other symbols used for that consonant Next variation of coupled sound of ‘dh’.Īs ‘f’ in fast. Not available in English and very difficult to produce for foreigners. Sound of ‘k’ produced from the throat: equal to ‘q’ of English. A bit similar to ‘x’Ĭoupled sound of ‘s’, ‘h’, ‘r’=’shr’. In শ, the tongue touches the upper part of mouth cavity.Ĭoupled sound of ‘k’, ‘s’, ‘h’= ‘ksh’. Sound of ‘sh’ when the tongue touches the roots of the teeth. Sound of ‘f’ if pronounced with closed lips. Again, naval sound produced by coupling soft ‘d’ and ‘h’= ‘dh’. Soft sound of ‘t’ as used in the name of country Bharat

In ন, the tongue touches the roots of the teeth. Nasal sound when the tongue touches a bit away from teeth. Not available in English but as ‘dh’ in Indian musical instrument ‘dhol’.

Not available in English.Ĭoupled sound of ‘d’ and ‘h’= ‘dh’. No particular sound just articulation while speaking. Just like ‘gn’ of gnome with a slight up movement of tongue. This is produced using the naval sounds while the tongue touches the upper part of mouth cavity. The tongue touches a bit away (to the inner side) from the teeth while pronouncing ‘ch’ as in chair. Does not produce a particular sound: Just used for articulation of tongue while pronouncing the next word

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