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
v — asin vine. Ss — aSinsun
§ (palatal) — as in the s in the German word sprechen
gs (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.
