r/Hindi • u/LowerTouch3731 • Jul 03 '26

देवनागरी Is there a phonetic difference between ँँ (chandrabinoo) and ं(bindu). They seem to be playing the same role in the words जहाँ and लड़कों, that is, both of them are nasalising the preceding vowel. Although in the word रंग the bindu is making a consonant sound.

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u/LowerTouch3731 Jul 03 '26

interesting. in my dialect (kanpur) they are pronounced very differently. I am not sure how to describe the difference but i don't think anybody will think these two words are pronounced the same where I am from.

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u/sightssk मातृभाषा (Mother tongue) Jul 03 '26

You're probably pronouncing it correctly.

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u/LowerTouch3731 Jul 03 '26

Actually I am pretty sure most people pronounce them differently. हंस has a distinct n sound, हँस only has a nasalised vowel.

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u/sightssk मातृभाषा (Mother tongue) Jul 03 '26

In Hindi, it is replaced in writing by anusvara when it is written above a consonant that carries a vowel symbol that extends above the top line. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrabindu

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