308 Srimad-Bhagavatam

r — like the riin rim.

t — like ree in reed.

1 — like 1] 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.

th (anusvdra) — a resonant nasal like the nin the French word bon.
h (visarga) — a final h-sound: ahis pronounced like aha; ih like ihi.

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
] — 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.

d — as in dove but with tongue against teeth.

dh — as in red-hot but with tongue against teeth.

n — asin nut but with tongue between teeth.

p — asin pine ] — asin light

ph— as in uphill (not f) v — asin vine

b — asin bird § (palatal) — as in the sin the German
bh— as in rub-hard word sprechen

m — asin mother s (cerebral) — as the sh in shine

y — asin yes s — asin sun

r —asinrun h — asin home

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