Ein wenig Devanagari-Geschichte

Devanagari belongs to the Brahmi family of South Asian scripts. It developed through earlier northern Indian writing styles and Nagari forms over many centuries. It was not designed in a single year by a single known inventor.

Devanagari is used for Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Sanskrit and other languages. A script is a writing system, not a language: the same shapes do not guarantee the same word or pronunciation in each language.

This course teaches contemporary Standard Hindi reading. It includes common Urdu-derived vocabulary and dotted consonants found in Hindi print. Sanskrit-style spelling is introduced for recognition where everyday Hindi words need it; you are not expected to pronounce every Sanskrit text.