Sanskrit Pronunciation Guide
Vowels
He Me Fi Fi Jo Fo We We
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g! We Q ai Ao AY av
+ m (anusvara) eh (visarga)
Consonants
Gutturals: GH ka tq kha TT ga QYeh SF ha
Palatals: WJ ca a cha wT ja A jha ZF iia
Cerebrals: é ta 6 tha © da @ dha QT na
Dentals: dl ta q tha @ da J dha J na
Labials: q pa pha q ba F bha q ma
Semivowels: q ya q ra q la q va
Sibilants: QT sa q sa q sa
Aspirate: re ha hee (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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