In Nepali, “Counting 1 to 10” is called “गिन्ती १ देखि १० सम्म (Gintī ek dekhi das samma)” which literally means “Counting 1 from 10 to”.

1 ~ १ एक (ek)

2 ~ २ दई (duī)

3 ~ ३ तीन (tīn)

4 ~ ४ चार (chār)

5 ~ ५ पाँच (pāňch)

6 ~ ६ छ (chha)

7 ~ ७ सात (sāt)

8 ~ ८ आठ (āTh)

9 ~ ९ नौ (nau)

10 ~ १० दस (das)

The following symbols have been used.

Vowel sound symbols:

अ ~ a   as in cup.

आ ~ ā   as in car.

इ ~ i    as in dip.

ई ~ ī    as in deep.

उ ~ u   as in good.

ऊ ~ ū   as in food.

ए ~ e   as in pain.

ऐ ~ ai  as in pair.

ओ ~ o   as in goal.

औ ~ au as in awesome.

ň   is nasal ‘N’.

Consonant sound symbols:

क ~ k    as in king.

ख ~ kh = k + air.

ग ~ g    as in gang.

घ ~ gh = g + air.

च ~ ch  as in chamber.

छ ~ chh = ch + air.

ज ~ j     as in jam.

झ ~ jh = j + air.

ट ~ T    as in take.

ठ ~ Th = T + air.

ड ~ D    as in deck.

ढ ~ Dh = D + air.

त ~ t      (check th. t = th – air.)

थ ~ th   as in thirty.

द ~ d     as in the

ध ~ dh = d + air.

न ~ n    as in no.

प ~ p    as in pick.

फ ~ f      as in flower.

ब ~ b     as in back.

भ ~ bh = b + air.

म ~ m    as in me.

य ~ y      as in yacht.

र ~ r       as in rash.

ल ~ l        as in live.

व ~ v       as in vision/wish. (Nepali has only 1 ‘v’ sound, unlike English’s ‘v’ & ‘w’)

श ~ sh    as in shake.

स ~ s        as in same.

ह ~ h        as in home.