330 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 / followed by r (Ir)
e — like the e in they
ai — like the ai in aisle
o — like the oin go
au — like the ow in how
tn (anusvdra) — 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:
a
Ta fi Ji ou Qi or E€F Se Nai ‘Yo T au
fos
For example: ka FHlka [Aki Fl ki Hku Pra
bast Xd
Hr Fk Pke FH kai Bl ko Fy kau
The vowel ‘‘a”’ is implied after a consonant with no vowel symbol.
The symbol virama (‘) indicates that there is no final vowel: A
The consonants are pronounced as follows:
k — asin kite jh — as in hedgehog
kh— as in Eckhart fi — as in canyon
g — asingive 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 — asin tub but with tongue against teeth
th — as in light-heart but with tongue against teeth
