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ຈໍກ່າ ຝາເກັກທຸລາ-ຝາເກັກຫຸງເສດ
The letter  a  is implied after a consonant with no vowel symbol..
The symbol  virāma  (❖) indicates that there is no final vowel.  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...
ā –like the  a  in  far ...
i), I –like the ee in meet...
ນູ ນີ້ —like the  u  in rule...
۲ – like the  ri  in  rim ...
ii – like the  ree  in  reed ...
e –like the  ai  in  pain ; rarely like  e  in bet...
ai –like the  oi  in boil...
– like the o in go...
au =like the ow in owl...
m –  (anusvāra)  like the  ng  in song.
h  –( visarga )a final  h  sound like in Ah...
ဂဲ  = ( candra-bindu ) a nasal  n  sound...
liike in the French word  bon ...
k –like the  k  in  k ite  k  .
kh –like the  kh  in Eckhart...
g –like the g in got...
gh –like the  gh  in big-house...
n – like the  n  in bank...
c = like the  ch  in  chalk ...
ch –like the  chh  in much-haste..
j – like the j in joy...
jih –like the  geh  in college-hall...
n̄ –like the  n  in bunch...
t – like the  t  in  talk ...
th –like the  th  in hot-house...
đ –like the  d  in  d awn.
ନ   –   like the  n  in gnaw.
t—as in  falk  but with the tongue against the the teeth.
th—as in hot-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  n or but with the tongue against the teeth.
p –like the  p  in pine.
ph –like the  ph  in  philosopher .
b –like the  b  in  bird .
bh –like the  bh  in rub-hard.
m –like the  m  in  m other.
y –like the j in jaw.  ख
y –like the y in year.  y
r =like the r in run.
1 – like the in law.
v – like the  b  in  b  ird or like the  w  in dwarf.
şံ, ş –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, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, California 90034.