◌ो, ◌ौ, ओ and औ
Read o and au, written as a sign on the right with a stroke on top.
Meet the letters
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o sign
i
au sign
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o
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au
Build the reading unit
Enter parts in logical order; the font places and joins them.
म + ो → मो
न + ौ → नौ
Words to read
मोर
peacockmor
तोता
parrottotā
नौ
ninenau
ओस
dewos
औरत
womanauratReading tips
ो · o sign
ौ · au sign
ओ · o
औ · au
ो is o, as in German “so”. ौ adds a second stroke and is a more open o, close to British English “law”, not “cow”.
Reading practice
o or au
Listen to the mystery sound. Which one is it?
Listen first
o or au
Listen to the mystery sound. Which one is it?
Listen first
o or au
Listen to the mystery sound. Which one is it?
Listen first
Letters in words
Match each sign to the same sign in its example.
Find the sound
Match the sounds to the signs. Tap a sign to check.
Read with support
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Read with support
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Read without a sound cue
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Read without a sound cue
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Sound to spelling
Listen. Choose the spelling.
Spelling to sound
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Sound to spelling
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Spelling to sound
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Build the word
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Recall the spelling
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Build the word
Listen and build the word in typing order.
Recall the spelling
Listen and build the word without its picture.
Build the word
Listen and build the word in typing order.
Recall the spelling
Listen and build the word without its picture.
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You can read and write this
Read o and au, written as a sign on the right with a stroke on top.
मोर
peacockतोता
parrotनौ
nineओस
dewऔरत
womanUse a Hindi keyboard
Use Devanagari InScript or the course tiles. Consonant comes first, then matra; halant joins consonants. Unicode normalisation accepts equivalent dotted spellings.