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Plax is read in English and Hindi, and Hindi is written in the Devanagari script. Our guide to how Devanagari works explains its logic, from consonants that carry a vowel to letters that join together.
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- How Devanagari works: a script where vowels ride on consonants
The script of Hindi, Marathi, Nepali and Sanskrit is an abugida. How its consonants, vowel signs, joined letters and headline bar fit together.
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