496 Srimad-Bhagavatam

r — like the rt in Rita (but more like French mz).

T ~— same as 7 but held twice as long.

| — like lree (lruu).

e — like thee in they.

ai — like the at 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 ben.
h (visarga) — a final h-sound: ah is pronounced like aha; ih like thi.

The consonants are pronounced as follows:

k — asin kite kh- as in Eckhart

g — asin give gh— as in dig-hard

fh — asin sing c — asinchair

ch- as in staunch-heart j} ~ as injoy

jh — as in hedgehog n — asin canyon

t - as in tub th — as in light-heart

n ~ as ma (prepare to say dha- as in red-hot
the r and say na). d — asin 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 — asinyes

r — asinrun 1 — as in light

v ~— asin vine. $8 — 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.
