The World’s First (and Only) Truly Phonemic Alphabet
MAJOR INDIAN ALPHABETS IN NAVLIPI
VOWELS:
LEGEND:
- NAVLIPI equivalent: in red with yellow highlight.
- Dewanaaagari (Devanagari): blue. (Used today for Hindi, Marathi, Nepali and Sanskrit.)
- Tamil: purple. Malayaalam (Malayalam): green. Baanglaa (Bengali): orange.
CONSONANTS:
LEGEND:
- NAVLIPI equivalent: in red with yellow highlight.
- Dewanaaagari (Devanagari): blue. (Used today for Hindi, Marathi, Nepali and Sanskrit.)
- Tamil: purple. Malayaalam (Malayalam): green. Baanglaa (Bengali): orange.
SEMI-VOWELS (APPROXIMANTS) AND FRICATIVES:
LEGEND:
- NAVLIPI equivalent: in red with yellow highlight.
- Dewanaaagari (Devanagari): blue. (Used today for Hindi, Marathi, Nepali and Sanskrit.)
- Tamil: purple.
- Malayaalam (Malayalam): green.
- Baanglaa (Bengali): orange.
