Sanskrit Pronunciation Guide

Vowels

Ha Me Fi Fi Bu Ha Wr Bi
g! We Tai Bo AY av

+ m (anusvara) eh (visarga)

Consonants

Gutturals: GH ka tq kha TT ga QYeh SF ha
Palatals: Jeo = Fcha ia |S Aha ita
Cerebro: @u  Stha Sda  Sdha Ona
Dentals: di ta QZ tha @ da QYdha {na
Labials: q pa pha q ba F bha q ma
Semivowels: @ya {ra a Ava

Sibilants: QT sa q sa q sa

Aspirate: @ ha 5S ° (avagraha) — the apostrophe

The vowels above should be pronounced as follows:
a — like the ain organ or the win but.

a — like the ain far but held twice as long as short a.

i — like the iin pin.

i — like the 7 in pique but held twice as long as short i.

u — like the win push.

i — like the wu in rule but held twice as long as short u.

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