Sanskrit Pronunciation Guide
Vowels
अ आ ã इ i ई î उ u ऊ ū ऋ ṛ ॠ ř
लृ l ए e ऐ ai ओ o औ au
↳   m   ( anusvāra )       ↳   h   ( visarga )
Consonants
Gutturals:  ক   ka   ख   kha   ग   ga   घ   gha   टु   na
Palatals:      च     ca        छ     cha        ज     ja        झ     jha        ञ     ña
Cerebrals: 	τ τα 		                	θ τha 		                	δ da 		               		δ dha
Dentals: त ta थ tha द da ध dha न na
Labials:  प  pa  फ  pha  ब  ba  भ  bha  म  ma
Semivowels:                    य                      ya                      र                      ra                      ल                      l
Sibilants:          श          śa          ष          ṣa          स          sa
Aspirate: ह ha  S  = '  (avagraha)  - the apostrophe
The vowels above should be pronounced as follows:
a – like the  a  in organ or the  u  in but.
a  a – like the  a  in  far  but held twice as long as  a .
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