Devanagari Script

VOWELS

Dev	Trans	Equiv
अ	a	as in about
आ	ā	as in father
इ	i	as in sit
ई	ī	as in elite
उ	u	in put
ऊ	ū	as in flute
ऋ	ṛ/ri	as in Scottish heard, trip
ए	e	long e as in German "zehn"
ऐ	ai	as in Mail
ओ	o	as in German Kohle
औ	au	as in oxford

CONSONANTS

Dev	Trans	Equiv
क	k	as in skip.
ख	kh	as in sinkhole.
ग	g	as in go.
घ	gh	as in doghouse.
ङ	ṅ	as in sing.
च	c	as in church.
छ	ch	as in pinchhit.
ज	j	as in jump.
झ	jh	as in dodge her.
ञ	ñ/N	as in canyon.
ट	ṭ/T	as in tick. Retroflex, but still a "hard" t sound similar to English.
ठ	ṭ/Th	as in lighthouse. Retroflex
ड	ḍ/D	as in doom. Retroflex
ढ	ḍ/Dh	as in mudhut. Retroflex
ण	ṇ/N	retroflex n.
त	t	does not exist in English. more dental t, with a bit of a th sound. Softer than an English t.
थ	th	aspirated version of the previous letter, not as in thanks or the.
द	d	dental d.
ध	dh	aspirated version of the above.
न	n	dental n.
प	p	as in spin.
फ	ph/f	as in uphill.
ब	b	as in be.
भ	bh	as in abhor.
म	m	as in mere.
य	y	as in yet.
र	r	as in Spanish pero, a tongue trip. Don't roll as in Spanish rr, German or Scottish English.
ल	l	as in lean.
व	v	as in Spanish vaca, between English v and w, but without the lip rounding of an English w.
श	ś/S	as in shoot
ष	ṣ/S	as in shoot
स	s	as in see.
ह	h	as in him.