Today I will teach you the Nepali alphabet. If you follow everything provided in this page, you will be able to read, write and pronounce the Nepali letters quickly and easily. I'm providing the sound so that you can hear the pronunciation of the characters. Nepali contains 64 letters (consonants and vowels). Below you will find the letters, the pronunciation and sound.
| अ | [a] like ask |
| आ | [aa] like hat |
| ए | [e] like egg |
| ई | [ii] like we |
| ऍ | [ei] like main |
| ऎ | [ei] like mean |
| ऐ | [ai] like mate |
| इ | [i] like ink |
| ओ | [o] like home |
| ऑ | [oi] like toy |
| ऒ | [oii] like oyster |
| ऊ | [uu] like noon |
| औ | [ou] like house |
| उ | [u] like urge |
| ब | [B] like bat |
| भ | [Bha] like Bob Hansen |
| च | [Ca] like cat |
| छ | [Chha] like Rich Hansen |
| ड | [Da] like day |
| ढ | [Dha] like Edward Hansen |
| फ | [Fa] like fast |
| फ़ | [Fi] like fit |
| ग | [Ga] like gas |
| घ | [Gha] like Ghana |
| ग़ | [Ghi] like Ghistapo |
| ह | [Ha] like hand |
| ज | [Ja] like Jakarta |
| झ | [Jha] like Jhahan |
| क | [Ka] like Kashmir |
| ख | [Kha] like Khan |
| ख़ | [Khi] like Khim |
| ल | [L] like love |
| ळ | [Li] like lip |
| ऌ | [Li] like list |
| ऴ | [Lii] like Lima |
| ॡ | [Lii] like Bradley |
| म | [Ma] like man |
| न | [Na] like Namibia |
| ङ | [N'a] like Stan Alan |
| ञ | [Nia] like Niagara |
| ण | [Nae] like Nigeria |
| ऩ | [Ni] like Nicaragua |
| ॐ | [oms] like Tom's book |
| प | [Pa] like Panama |
| क़ | [Qi] like King |
| र | [Ra] like rank |
| ऋ | [Ri] like ring |
| ॠ | [Ri] like risk |
| ऱ | [Ri] like Brie |
| स | [Sa] like Sam |
| श | [Sha] like Shanghai |
| ष | [Shha] like wash hand |
| ट | [Ta] like Tamara |
| त | [T'a] like Matt Alan |
| ठ | [Tha] like Thailand |
| द | [Tha] like Thailand |
| थ | [T'ha] like Thailand |
| ध | [Thha] like Keith Hansen |
| ड़ | [ugDha] like drug down |
| ढ़ | [ugDhha] like hugged hand |
| व | [Va] like vast |
| य | [Ya] like yacht |
| य़ | [Yi] like yeast |
| ज़ | [Za] like zap |
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