Dave Cooper
Reading Devanāgarī

Semivowels, sibilants and h

The eight consonants outside the grid of stops. Like the stops, each carries a short a: य ya, श śa.

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Semivowels अन्तःस्थ antaḥstha

Sibilants ऊष्मन् ūṣman

ś is palatal (the sh of shine), ṣ retroflex, s dental.

And h

Drill

All 8 items, both ways: Devanāgarī to IAST, then IAST to Devanāgarī. A miss comes back later in the round; the lesson is drilled when every one has been right both ways. Progress is kept in this browser.

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