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 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 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 -— as inchair
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
tr — asinrun 1 — as in light
v ~ asinvine. $s — 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.
