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Good reference on Devanagari typography and alphabet learning
There are books that teach you how to write Devanagari, for example,
Rupert Snell: Read and Write Hindi Script. Teach Yourself. McGraw-Hill, 2010.
Elvira Friedrich: Einführung in die indischen ...
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Devanagari letter grouping
There are three key things to pay attention to (I've found):
place of articulation (~ tongue location)
aspiration (~ whether air comes out while you speak)
voicing (~ whether vocalised - think ...
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Are there any accurate online resources for learning to write Devanagari?
The stroke order is not important. You can draw the "ka" as you wish. But most people follow the way that you described in the first bullet as it's more natural that way. Usually people draw the ...
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Good reference on Devanagari typography and alphabet learning
In addition to what's already been mentioned, DuoLingo has a Hindi track, which includes a section on learning the letters. It has an interactive page for each letter that lets you trace the strokes, ...
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Devanagari letter grouping
Devanagari letter has vowels, Consonants and Compound letters.
alpaprāṇa(very little air flow through mouth) and mahāprāṇa(more air flow through mouth) are types of Consonants which are sounds ...
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