{"id":889,"date":"2023-12-15T01:32:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T01:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english2desi.com\/?page_id=889"},"modified":"2025-01-27T20:15:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T20:15:20","slug":"about-hindi-devanagari","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/english2desi.com\/index.php\/about-hindi-devanagari\/","title":{"rendered":"About Hindi &#038; Devanagari"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"889\" class=\"elementor elementor-889\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95adff4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"95adff4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13af797 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13af797\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c97490 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c97490\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 08-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div style=\"color: #000;\"><h2>About Hindi &amp; Devanagari<\/h2><p>Hindi might be better described as a \u201cfamily of related languages with varying degrees of mutual intelligibility\u201d than a specific one. Other Indian languages also have varying degreees of mutual intelligibilty. Traditionally, Hindi was written with Devanagari script, as several other Indian languages have been. Currently the other main languages that use Devanagari script are Marathi and Nepali. Some would argue that if you write Urdu in Devanagari script, you could call it Hindi. I believe the biggest difference between verbal Hindi and Urdu is in the number of dialects. My Bangladeshi friend is verbally fluent in both, can\u2019t read either script, and says there are differences. She\u2019s the lawyer, and the one who&#8217;s fluent. I\u2019ll leave it to the experts.<\/p><p>Today, many Indians do use Roman letters to write in Hindi, but Devanagari is MORE phonetic. For example, when you write \u201cHindi\u201d in Roman letters, it has two i\u2019s. When Hindi is written in Devanagari the i\u2019s are different. \u201cHindi2\u201d is REALLY about using \u201cDevanagari to\u201d provide phonetic cues for learning pronuniciation of words in new languages. \u201cHindi\u201d is easier to remember and spell. As demonstrated by the example with Urdu, sometimes the biggest differences between Indian languages are the scripts. Sometimes differences between languages are minimized when written in the same script. Even when languages truly are significantly different, it may be useful to learn different languages with the help of the same phonetic script.<\/p><h1>MD is always right<\/h1><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tagline for Hindi2 is partly a play on words, from the founder\u2019s time working as a nurse. Actually, Medical Doctors are NOT \u201calways right\u201d, but they give \u201ceducated opinions\u201d about \u201cright treatments\u201d. Sometimes there is more than one potentially correct treatment option. Likewise, there might be more than one \u201cright way\u201d to phonetically pronounce words. Hindi2.com will give an \u201ceducated opinion\u201d for pronunciation linked to an example based on a Modified form of Devanagari script (MD). Most medical doctors do try to learn from mistakes, and so will we. Suggestions are welcome.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An attempt will be made to link MD with the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and audio examples. The \u201cright way\u201d to pronounce English words may be debatable, but the goal will be to follow the example with MD, based on the IPA. Written MD script will be based on speech to text technology (always right for audio example, although there is often more than one &#8220;right way&#8221; to pronounce words).<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tagline is also a reference to the location of Devanagari in a grid. Users of Hindi2.com have the option to view documents in various formats.<\/p><ul><li>One way is grammatically: sentence-by-sentence (with point-and-click audio of choice). That is where the grid becomes an option.<\/li><li>2-3 languages\/scripts of choice side-by-side (see grammatical) or<\/li><li>A combination of 4 in a specific grid.<ul><li>Primary language above language learning<\/li><li>Devanagari (will require modification for some languages: MD)\u00a0<strong>will always<\/strong>be on the right in a grid.<\/li><li>Primary script will be on left unless Devanagari, then Roman (MD is always on right)<\/li><li>When primary script is something other than Roman letters and Devanagari, Roman letters will be replaced by native script (Khmer).<\/li><li>Devanagari will remain the common phonetic script for all languages in the database<\/li><li>MD will be used to provide an educated opinion about the \u201cright phonetic cues\u201d for \u201cone right phonetic pronunciation\u201d, which will be linked to audio.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b172183 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b172183\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46c1039 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"46c1039\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0bf037 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f0bf037\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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