362 Srimad-Bhagavatam

u — like the win push.

i — like the win rule but held twice as long as short u.

r — like the riin rim.

t — like ree in reed.

] — like J followed by r (Ir).

e — like the e in they.

ai — like the aiin aisle.

o — like the oin go.

au — like the ow in how.

th (anusvéra) — a resonant nasal like the nin the French word bon.
h (visarga) — a final h-sound: ah is pronounced like aha; ih like ihi.

The vowels are written as follows after a consonant:

Ta fi {i Bu Bi or eF Ne Nai ‘Yo bin

For example: ka Alka THki Fl ki FH ku bY ka
Her Ake Ake Bika Bl ko BY ken

The vowel “‘a”’ is implied after a consonant with no vowel symbol.

The symbol virama (‘) indicates that there is no final vowel: Ah

The consonants are pronounced as follows:

k — asin kite jh — as in hedgehog

kh— as in Eckhart fi — as in canyon

g — asin give t — asin tub

gh— as in dig-hard th — as in light-heart

h — asin sing d — asin dove

c — asin chair dha- as in red-hot

ch — as in staunch-heart n — asrna (prepare to say
j — asin joy the rand 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.
