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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
ṛ – like the  ri  in  Rita  (but more like French  ru ).
ř – same as  ŗi  but held twice as long.
ļ – like  lree  ( lruu ).
e – like the  e  in they.
ai – like the  ai  in  aisle .
o – like the  o  in go.
au – like the  ow  in how.
ṁ ( anusvāra ) – a resonant nasal like the  n  in the French word  bon .
ḥ ( visarga ) – a final  h -sound:  aḥ  is pronounced like  aha ;  iḥ  like  ihi .
The consonants are pronounced as follows:
k – as in  kite  
 kh – as in  Eckhart  
 
 
 g – as in  give  
 gh – as in  dig-hard  
 
 
 ṅ – as in  sing  
 c – as in  chair  
 
 
 ch – as in  staunch-heart  
 j – as in  joy  
 
 
 jh – as in  hedgehog  
 ñ – as in  canyon  
 
 
 ṭ – as in  tub  
 ṭh – as in  light-heart  
 
 
 ṇ – as  rna  (prepare to say the  r  and say  na ). 
 ḍha- as in  red-hot  
 
 
  
 ḍ – as in  dove
Cerebrals are pronounced with tongue to roof of mouth, but the following dentals are pronounced with tongue against teeth:
t – as in  tub  but with tongue against teeth.
th – as in  light-heart  but tongue against teeth.
d – as in  dove  but tongue against teeth.
dh – as in  red-hot  but with tongue against teeth.
n – as in  nut  but with tongue in between teeth.
p – as in  pine 
 ph – as in  up-hill  (not  f ) 

 
 b – as in  bird  
 bh – as in  rub-hard  
 
 
 m – as in  mother  
 y – as in  yes  
 
 
 r – as in  run  
 l – as in  light  
 
 
 v – as in  vine . 
 s – as in  sun
ś ( palatal ) – as in the  s  in the German word  sprechen
ṣ ( cerebral ) – as the  sh  in  shine
h – as in  home
There is no strong accentuation of syllables in Sanskrit, only a flowing of short and long (twice as long as the short) syllables.