110 Sri Isopanigad

a — like the a in rule but held twice as long as u.

r — like the ri in Rita (but more like French rw).

f — same as ri but held twice as long.

lr — like lree (Iruu).

e — like the e in they.

ai — like the ai in aisle.

o — like the o in go.

au— like the ow in how.

m  (anusvara)-a resonant nasal like the n in the French word bon.
h __(visarga)-a final h-sound: ah is pronounced like aha; ih like hi.
The consonants are pronounced as follows:

k -—asinkite kh —asin Eckhart

g  —asingive gh — as in dig-hard

h  —asin sing c  —asin chair

ch —as in staunch-heart j — as in joy

jh  —asin hedgehog fi —asin canyon

t | —asin tub th  —asin light-heart

n —asrna (prepare to say dha — asin red-hot
the r and say na). d —asin dove

Cerebrals are pronounced with tongue to roof of mouth, but the
following dentals are pronounced with tongue against teeth:

t | — asin tub but with tongue against teeth.

th -—as in light-heart but tongue against lecth.

d  —asin dove but tongue against teeth.

dh —asin red-hot but with tongue against teeth.

n  —asinnut but with tofigue in between teeth.

p —asin pine ph as in up-hill (not f)
b  —asin bird bh us in rub-hard

m  —asin mother y us in yes

r  —asinrun | as in light

vy —asin vine 8 as in sun

§ (palatal) as in the s in the German word sprechen.

s (cerebral) — as the sh in shine h  —asinhome

There is no strong accentuation of syllables in Sanskrit, only
a flowing of short and long (twice as long as the short) syllables.

