Also see: https://www.omniglot.com/language/articles/devanagari.htm
Devanagari | Malayalam: English Words
ङ | ങ: Banger, Dung, Bling झ | ഝ: ञ | ഞ:
ख | ഖ: Bucket, Duck घ | ഘ:
च | ച: Batch, Catch छ | ഛ:
त | ത: Path, Thief, Thanks, Threw, Thin थ | ഥ: Thorium, Thud द | ദ: The, Then ध | ധ: Though
ट | ട: Trick, Time, Tent ठ | ഠ: Potassium, ड | ഡ: Denver, Don’t, Dream ढ | ഢ: Paddy
न | ന: Never, Man (used to be Malayalam letter ഩ) - as well as - Band, Bend (ന) [e.g. two n-s in no and denial] ण | ണ: Panda, Ponder, Monica, Tone
र | ര and റ: Parent (ര) - as well as - Rover, Rodeo (റ) ॠ | ഋ: ळ | ള: Rolex, Bowler [Not in Hindi] श | ശ: Pasture, ष | ഷ: Cash, Shiver
ं | ം (Anusvaara): Stunt, Trunk, Bunch, Dunk ः | ഃ (Visarga):
Interesting Fact about Anusvaara-s
The Anusvaara ( ं | ം) is different depending on the vowel that comes after it according to a rule. The consonants in all Hindustani scripts are arranged beginning with five groups of five letters, which are the same sounds in all languages, before breaking off.
e.g.
क ख ग घ ङ च छ ज झ ञ ट ठ ड ढ ण त थ द ध न प फ ब भ म
ക ഖ ഗ ഘ ങ ച ഛ ജ ഝ ഞ ട ഠ ഡ ഢ ണ ത ഥ ദ ധ ന പ ഫ ബ ഭ മ
They are in groups of letters that sound like ka, cha, ta, tha and pa. Now the thing is, if the letter that comes after an Anusvaara is of either of these groups, the Anusvaara will sound like the last letter of that letter’s group combined with that letter (coming before it). e.g. Dunk, Bunch, Pond, Band, Pump. But if it is any other letter - I have not seen any such words in usage - it would sound like it was prefixed by म | മ. e.g. Bumra, Bumya, Tumya, Tumla, Bum’a.
Doublets:
Numbers:
Devanagari: ० १ २ ३ ४ ५ ६ ७ ८ ९ Malayalam: ൦ ൧ ൨ ൩ ൪ ൫ ൬ ൭ ൮ ൯ Roman: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Only in Devanagari:
Punctuation Marks:। ॥
Vowels: ॰ ऄ ऌ ऍ ऎ ऑ ऒ औ ॲ ॳ ॴ ॵ ॶ ॷ
Diacritics: ऀ, ँ, ः, ऺ, ़, ा, ॄ, ॅ, ॆ, ॉ, ॊ, ्, ॎ, ॏ , ॑ , ॒ , ॓, ॔, ॕ, ॖ, ॗ, ॢ, ॣ, ॱ
Consonants: ऽ ॐ ॠ ॡ ऩ ऱ ॹ ॺ ॻ ॼ ॽ ॾ ॿ ೱ ೲ
ka with dot beneath: qa ja with dot beneath: za
Only in Dravidian Languages:
റ്റ: Pattern, Batter, Better, Bet, Time [Only in Malayalam] ഴ: Tamizh, Course, Force [Only in Tamizh and Malayalam]
ം ഃ
Old Script: ഌ, ൡ, ഩ Vowels: ഏ, ഓ Diacritics: േ, ോ
Funny Pronunciations (Internal Joke)
- Breej Block
- Real e Taim Kinemaatic