To learn reading and writing, I recommend Teach Yourself Beginner’s Hindi Script by Rupert Snell. Resources I recommend for learning to read Hindi This is a big plus for you as a learner because it means that reading and writing in Hindi can be learnt very quickly. There are very few trick words like “gym” (pronounced “jim”) which English is littered with. ![]() Hindi is a language that is pronounced exactly as it’s written. When I learn a new word with one of these tricky letters, I always ask, “Which D (or T) letter is used in this word?” and make a note. Then when you’re learning a new word, you can write it down and learn the correct pronunciation. The only way to know precisely what letter to pronounce is by learning the Hindi script, Devanagari, first. ![]() So, what happened is I just defaulted to using त for the T sounds and द for the D sounds and was mispronouncing a ton of words! ![]() The letters ड (Da) ढ (Dha) द (da) ध (dha) ट (Ta) ठ (Tha) त (ta) and थ (tha) all sound exactly the same to a new Hindi learner. This advice is fine for most languages, but most languages don’t have an alphabet where 8 letters sound incredibly similar to each other! I took advice from “experts” who said, “Always learn to speak first, then write.” ![]() This was the biggest mistake I made in my Hindi learning journey:
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