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روي د اوسمه په دې نوم کې د برانک او برانک پوهنې د کلاسيک وروسته د برانک پوهنې د کلاسيک وروسته د برانک پوهنې د کلاسيک وروسته د برا
The letter  n  is implied after a consonant with no vowel symbol.
The symbol  virāma  (❖) indicates that there is no final vowel.  k k
The letters above should be pronounced as follows:
a –like the  o  in hot; sometimes like the  o  in go; final  a  is usually silent.
a  = like the  a  in far.
i. J – like the  ee  in meet...
1, 1 = HRC the CC in the CC up to = like the CC in the CC up to
a; a = like the ri in rim... r = like the ri in rim...
i) – like the ree in reed...
|- = like the  fee  hi fee:
|- = like the  gi  in  nain : rarely like  e  in bet.
Le Hard time of the party , and  Le Hard time of the party
di - like the of in go.
au – like the ow in owl...
au like the on in on'r.
h = ( visarga ) a final  h  sound like in Ah...
n = (\text{candra-bindu})  a nasal  n  sound
like in the French word  bon ...
k –like the  k  in  k ite., k –like the  k  in  k ite.
kh –like the  kh  in Eckhart...
g   – like the   g   in got...
gh –like the  gh  in big-house...
ନା –like the  n  in bank...
c –like the  ch  in  chalk ...
ch –like the  chh  in much-haste..
j –like the  j  in  joy ...
jh –like the  geh  in collège-hall..
n̄ –like the  n  in bunch...
t̥ → like the  t  in  t alk...
th –like the  th  in hot-house...
d – lijke the  d  in dawn.
đh – like the dh in good-house.
n – like the  n  in gnaw.
t—as in  ralk  but with the tongue against the the teeth
the teeth: th—as in hor -house  but with the tongue against the teeth.
d—as in  dawn  but with the tongue against the teeth.
dh-as in good-house but with the tongue against the teeth.
n—as in  nor  but with the tongue against the teeth.
teeth:
ph –like the  ph  in  philosopher .
b –like the  b  in  bird .
bh –like the  bh  in rub-hard.
m –like the  m  in  mother .
y –like the j in jaw.  ख
y –like the y in year.  y
۲ – like the r in run.
1 – like the  l  in  law .
v –like the  b  in  bird  or like the  w  in dwarf.
s', s –like the  sh  in  shop .
s –like the s in sun.
h–like the  h  in  home .
This is a general guide to Bengali pronunciation. The Bengali transliterations in this book accurately show the original Bengali spelling of the text. One should note, however, that in Bengali, as in English, spelling is not always a true indication of how a word is pronounced. Tape recordings of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda chanting the original Bengali verses are available from the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 3959 Landmark St., Culver City, California 90230.