Thread: Hacks Does Kindle read Hindi language?
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Old 04-20-2013, 11:58 AM   #2
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The Kindle fonts support Hindi, but, AFAIK, the rendering engine cannot handle Unicode vowel signs that logically follow the base letter but need to be displayed left of it.

Have a close look at the two screenshots and check the display of vowel signs that need to be displayed left oft the base letter because they'll most likely be displayed right of it.

The screenshots were taken with an older K3, but, AFAIK, the latest Kindle model cannot handle the complex scripts used in India either, and since Hindi is not one of the officially supported languages, it's not very likely that this will change in the future.

EDIT: Only the new KF8 format (.azw3) supports Devanagari. Make sure to select AZW3 as the output format when converting books with Calibre.
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Last edited by Doitsu; 09-22-2013 at 02:03 AM. Reason: Added AZW3 information
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