Teach Yourself Beginner's Hindi Script
by Snell, RupertEdition: Bilingual
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-07-03
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill
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Summary
Now learning non-Roman-alphabet languages is as easy as A-B-C!Readers wanting to learn the basics of reading and writing a new language that employs script will find all they need in the Teach Yourself Beginner's Script series. Each book includes a step-by-step introduction to reading and writing in a new language as well as tips and practice exercises to build learners' skills. Thanks to the experts at Teach Yourself, script will no longer be all "Greek" to language learners--unless of course, it is Greek script!Teach Yourself Beginner's Script series books feature: Origins of the language A systematic approach to mastering the script Lots of "hands-on" exercises and activities Practical examples from real-life situations
Author Biography
Robert Snell teaches Hindi at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
Table of Contents
| Preface: How to use this book | viii | ||||
| Unit 1 Introducing Devanagari | 1 | (14) | |||
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| Unit 2 The Devanagari syllabary | 15 | (4) | |||
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| Unit 3 Consonants | 19 | (11) | |||
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| Unit 4 Vowels | 30 | (17) | |||
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30 | (3) | |||
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33 | (11) | |||
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44 | (3) | |||
| Unit 5 Simple sentences and commands | 47 | (4) | |||
| Unit 6 Conjunct consonants | 51 | (21) | |||
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| Unit 7 Some more writing conventions | 72 | (10) | |||
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| Unit 8 More about Hindi words and spellings | 82 | (8) | |||
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| Appendix 1: Examples of Hindi handwriting | 90 | (4) | |||
| Appendix 2: Minimal pairs | 94 | (6) | |||
| Appendix 3: Reading practice | 100 | (14) | |||
| Appendix 4: Key to the exercises | 114 | (3) | |||
| Appendix 5: The figures explained | 117 | (4) | |||
| Appendix 6: Index of terms | 121 | (2) | |||
| Glossary | 123 | (40) | |||
| Some further reading | 163 |
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