Hindi Script Hacking
Learn how to read and write in Hindi script in a matter of hours
Published on 18. February 2021
144 pages
978-1-4736-8008-1 (ISBN)
Description
Using a unique, tried and tested algorithm, this book teaches you how to quickly and efficiently recognise letters and common words in Hindi (Devanagari) script. Whether you're travelling and want to understand the words around you, or preparing to learn Hindi and want to master the basics, this is the book for you.
In this book you will find:
? An introduction to Hindi (Devanagari) script
? Plenty of practice activities to help you recognise each letter of the alphabet
? Helpful mnemonics to make you remember the shape of each letter
? Accompanying audio files so you know how to pronounce letters and words
? Handy tips to help you decipher common and familiar words
The audio for this course can be downloaded from the Teach Yourself Library app or streamed at library.teachyourself.com.
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In this book you will find:
? An introduction to Hindi (Devanagari) script
? Plenty of practice activities to help you recognise each letter of the alphabet
? Helpful mnemonics to make you remember the shape of each letter
? Accompanying audio files so you know how to pronounce letters and words
? Handy tips to help you decipher common and familiar words
The audio for this course can be downloaded from the Teach Yourself Library app or streamed at library.teachyourself.com.
Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for 80 years.
Reviews / Votes
This book is the best one that I have come across for learning Devanagari script. I've learned a great deal in a short time. -- Dilip Dayaram Tirathdas * Amazon * This book is absolutely fantastic! Everything is explained so thoroughly and logically, there is no way you'd struggle learning the alphabet. The progression goes smoothly, I'm amazed of the talent of the authors! [...] Get it! -- E. Ignatova * Amazon * If you want to learn Hindi, I definitely recommend getting this book and completing it first. One of the most daunting things about learning Hindi, Korean, Persian, etc. for westerners is the fact that it's written in a totally different alphabet. This book breaks everything down into small bits and builds on each other. It's more in-depth training with the alphabet and writing it than you will get in a standard Hindi course. I know a few people who wouldn't have given up on Hindi so easily if they had gone through this book in its entirety first before trying to learn the language. [...] Highly recommend! -- Michael Niemann * Amazon * Fantastic little book to crack the Hindi script, I took my sweet time and went through it in a few weeks. Makes reading and writing Hindi childs play. -- Gr8andi * Amazon * This book is a little treasure - it makes learning foreign writing system so fun and lightweight in comparison to heavy lifting of alphabet memorization in practically all other sources. Learning written language beforehand provides a solid grounding to begin actual language learning with confidence. -- IR * Amazon *More details
Series
Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Murray Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4736-8008-1 (9781473680081)
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Persons
Judith Meyer is a polyglot and language course developer and consultant with an MA in Romance Languages and Computational Linguistics. She speaks 14 languages, including Modern Greek, Chinese and Swahili, and she has successfully learned a number of foreign writing systems. Judith loves to help others succeed in their language-learning and encourages anyone to give it a try. She is the founder of the Polyglot Gathering, one of the largest conferences for polyglots and language bloggers. In addition to authoring the Script Hacking series, she is also co-author of Complete Esperanto. Naresh Sharma is a Senior Lecturer in Hindi and Urdu at SOAS, University of London. He has a MA in Hindi and a MA in Language Teaching.
