Language/Bhojpuri/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation

Writing

Bhojpuri is written in the Kaithi script.

Kaithi has 35 consonant letters, each letter representing a consonant with an inherent vowel /a/. Other vowels are represented by a variety of diacritics around the consonant. There are also 10 letters representing separate vowels. Geminated consonants and long vowels are represented by different letters from their single counterparts.

Devanagari letter	Kaithi letter	ISO	IPA
क	𑂍	ka	ka
ख	𑂎	kha	kʰa
ग	𑂏	ga	ɡa
घ	𑂐	gha	ɡʱa
ङ	𑂑	ṅa	ŋa
च	𑂒	ca	t͡ʃa
छ	𑂓	cha	t͡ʃʰa
ज	𑂔	ja	d͡ʒa
झ	𑂕	jha	d͡ʒʱa
ञ	𑂖	ña	ɲa
ट	𑂗	ṭa	ʈa
ठ	𑂘	ṭha	ʈʰa
ड	𑂙	ḍa	ɖa
ड़	𑂚	ṛa	ɽa
ढ	𑂛	ḍha	ɖʱa
ढ़	𑂜	ṛha	ɽʱa
ण	𑂝	ṇa	ɳa
त	𑂞	ta	t̪a
थ	𑂟	tha	t̪ʰa
द	𑂠	da	d̪a
ध	𑂡	dha	d̪ʱa
न	𑂢	na	na
प	𑂣	pa	pa
फ	𑂤	pha	pʰa
ब	𑂥	ba	ba
भ	𑂦	bha	bʱa
म	𑂧	ma	ma
य	𑂨	ya	ja
र	𑂩	ra	ra
ल	𑂪	la	la
व	𑂫	va	ʋa
श	𑂬	śa	ʃa
ष	𑂭	ṣa	xa
स	𑂮	sa	sa
ह	𑂯	ha	ɦa

Devanagari letter	Kaithi letter	Devanagari diacritic	Kaithi diacritic	ISO	IPA
अ	𑂃	◌	◌	a	ʌ
आ	𑂄	ा	𑂰	ā	a
इ	𑂅	ि	𑂱	i	i
ई	𑂆	ी	𑂲	ī	iː
उ	𑂇	ु	𑂳	u	u
ऊ	𑂈	ू	𑂴	ū	uː
ए	𑂉	ॅ	𑂵	e	e
ऐ	𑂊	ै	𑂶	ai	æː
ओ	𑂋	ो	𑂷	o	o
औ	𑂌	ौ	𑂸	au	ɔː
अः	𑂃𑂂	ः	𑂂	aḥ	ah
अं	𑂃𑂀	ँा	𑂀𑂰	aṃ	ãː
		्	𑂹	(omit vowel)