Reply to "Hindi words used for everyday objects/things in the home etc"

MitwahSenior Member

@Wildflower posted:
Why is it that some people who speak Hindi etc cannot pronounce ‘V’ my. coworkers used to say TWee for TV among other words

Is it Diwali or Divali?

Tell them to say: “Grapes of this vine make excellent wine.”

The Hindi sound for व in Devanagari is between V and W —a voiced labiodental, the bottom lip + top teeth. It also differs by regions. Some also pronounces it as B... Bishnu for Vishnu, Bindravan for Vindravan

2/16/224:45 PM

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