Nepali-+Phonology

Phonology word, speech, subject of discussion is broadly speaking the sub discipline of linguistics concerned with the sound of language. That is it is the systematic use of sound to encode meaning in any spoken human language. Nepali phonology: Wherever you live there is a reported little variation in phonology from one to another. Nepali has phonologically distinctive vowel, including 6 oral vowels and 5 nasal vowels. Nasal vowels are not frequent in the Nepali lexicon, compared to a language such as French in which the number of nasal vowels is large. They occur mostly in verbs.

. || a || as in "all" || Below is a site that has the complete, vowels, consonants, numerals and vowels. The site below also has links to attachments for teaching and learning Nepali. [|http//www.omniglot.com/writing/nepali.htm]
 * **BASIC VOWELS ** ||  || There are 12 vowels in the Nepali language. For most purposes, you need just the following 10
 * aa || as in "father" ||
 * i || as in "it" ||
 * ee || as in "eat" ||
 * u || as in "put" ||
 * oo || as in "root" ||
 * e || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "egg" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">ai || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">pronounce vowels a + i in swift succession ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">o || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "over" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">au || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">pronounce vowels a + u in swift succession ||

The consonants that you should familiarize yourself with before going further with learning and interpreting the language are below. These will help you to connect with basic use of phrases you should be familiar with upon a visit.

<span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; text-align: center;">There are 36 consonants in the Nepali language. Three of them are minor variants of other consonants and you can ignore them. The 33 that you should learn how to pronounce are listed below.
 * || <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">ka || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "call" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">kha || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "khaki" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">ga || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "gone" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">gha || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "Ghana" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">nga || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">similar to English "ing" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">cha || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "church" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">chha || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">aspirated cha (see note below to understand aspirated consonants) ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">za || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "zombie" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">zha || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">aspirated "za" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">na || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "nausea" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">tta || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "talk" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">ttha || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">aspirated ta ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">dda || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "dog" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">ddha || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">aspirated dda ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">ta || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "talk", but with tongue behind upper teeth ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">tha || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "thunder" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">da || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">same as "the" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">dha || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">aspirated da ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">pa || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "Paul" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">pha || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "fall" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">ba || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "ball" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">bha || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "vault" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">ma || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "mall" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">ya || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "yawn" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">ra || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "raw" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">la || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "law" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">wa || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "wok" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">sa || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "saw" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">sha || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "shawl" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">ha || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "haw" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">chhya || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">pronounce chha + ya as a single syllable ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">tra || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">pronounce ta + ra as a single syllable ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">gya || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">pronounce ga + ya as a single syllable ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">sha || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "shawl" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">ha || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">as in "haw" ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">chhya || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">pronounce chha + ya as a single syllable ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">tra || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">pronounce ta + ra as a single syllable ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">gya || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">pronounce ga + ya as a single syllable ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">gya || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 13px;">pronounce ga + ya as a single syllable ||

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The website for more information from above is:[]

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