Table of Contents

• : Preface: How to use this book
• : 01 Introducing Devanagari
• : 02 The Devanagari syllabary
• : 03 Consonants
• : 04 Vowels
• : 05 Simple sentences and commands
• : 06 Conjunct consonants
• : 07 Some more writing conventions
• : 08 More about Hindi words and spelling
• : Appendix 1: Examples of Hindi handwriting
• : Appendix 2: Minimal pairs
• : Appendix 3: Reading practice
• : Appendix 4: Key to the exercises
• : Appendix 5: The figures explained
• : Appendix 6: Index of terms
• : Glossary
• : Some further reading

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Read and write Hindi script is a clear step-by-step guide to the written language, with plenty of examples from real-life texts to show how it works in context and lots of exercises to reinforce your learning.

About the Author

Rupert Snell has been teaching and researching Hindi for 35 years, and is currently Director of the Hindi Urdu Flagship, University of Texas at Austin.