476 Srimad-Bhagavatam

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

rT — same as m7 but held twice as long.

| — like lree (lruu).

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; th like thi.

The consonants are pronounced as follows:

k - asin kite kh- as in Eckhart

g — as in give gh-— as in dig-hard

nh ~ asin sing c — asinchair

ch- asin staunch-heart j ~ asinjoy

jh — as in hedgehog A — asin canyon

t — asin tub th — as in light-heart

N — as rna (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 — asin mother y ~ asin yes

tT — asinrun 1 — as in light

Vv — asin vine. s — aSinsun

§ (palatal) — as in the s in the German word sprechen
gs (cerebral) — as the sh in shine
h — asin home

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