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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
ṛ — like the  ri  in  rim .
ř — like  ree  in  reed .
ḷ — like  l  followed by  ṛ  ( lṛ ).
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
jh — as in  hedgehog
kh — as in  Eckhart
ñ — as in  canyon
g — as in  give
ṭ — as in  tub
gh — as in  dig-hard
ṭh — as in  light-heart
ṅ — as in  sing
ḍ — as in  dove
c — as in  chair
ḍha — as in  red-hot
ch — as in  staunch-heart
ṇ — as  rna  (prepare to say the  r  and say  na ).
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 with tongue against teeth.
d — as in  dove  but with tongue against teeth.
dh — as in  red-hot  but with tongue against teeth.
n — as in  nut  but with tongue between teeth.
p — as in  pine
l — as in  light
ph — as in  uphill  (not  f )
v — as in  vine
b — as in  bird
ś (palatal) — as in the  s  in the German word  sprechen
bh — as in  rub-hard
m — as in  mother
ṣ (cerebral) — as the  sh  in  shine
y — as in  yes
s — as in  sun
r — as in  run
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.