The Hindi Script

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The Hindi Script
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Indo-European Language Family
http//www.danshort.com/ie/
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India Political Linguistic
http//mapsofindia.com/maps/madhyapradesh/madhyapr
adesh.htm
http//www.ling.su.se/staff/ljuba/maps/india-langs
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Indo-Aryan Languages in India
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImageIndoarische_Spr
achen.png
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Brahmi Script
http//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6
b/Asoka1.gif/250px-Asoka1.gif
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Influence of Brahmi
http//people.w3.org/rishida/scripts/indic-overvie
w/
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Hindi is more regular than English!

• Bernard Shaw Spell fish as ghoti
• "gh" as in "cough"
• "o" as in "women"
• "ti" as in "nation"

Frazz, Jeff Mallet 11/27/2006
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Vocal Tract
http//www.sil.org/mexico/ling/glosario/sup/E005bi
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