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u — like the é in rule but held twice as long as u.
r — like the nin Rita (but more like French mm).
T — same as m7 but held twice as long.
1 — like Iree (lruu).
e — like thee 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; th like thi.
The consonants are pronounced as follows:
k — asin kite kh- as in Eckhart
g — asin give gh— as in dig-hard
nh — asin sing c ~ asinchair
ch- as in staunch-heart j) 7 as injoy
jh — as in hedgehog i — asin canyon
t — asintub th — as in light-heart
n — asrna (prepare to say dha- as in red-hot
the r and say na). d — as in 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 teeth.
d — asin dove but tongue against teeth.
dh- as in red-hot but with tongue against teeth.
n — asin nut but with tongue in between teeth.
p — asin pine ph- as in up-hill (not f)
b — asin bird bh- as in rub-hard
m — as in mother y — asinyes
r — asinrun 1 .— asinlight
v — asin vine. s — asinsun
§ (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.
