276 Srimad-Bhagavatam

r — like the riin rim.

t — like ree in reed.

| — like / followed by r (Ir).

e — like the e in they.

ai — like the az 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: ah is pronounced like aha; ih like ihi.

The consonants are pronounced as follows:

k — asin kite jh — as in hedgehog

kh— as in Eckhart fi — asin canyon

g — asin give t — asin tub

gh— as in dig-hard th — as in light-heart

h — asin sing d — asindove

c — asin chair dha- as in red-hot

ch — as in staunch-heart n — asrna (prepare to say
j — 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 — asin 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 s in the German
bh— asin rub-hard word sprechen

m — asin mother s (cerebral) — as the shin shine

y — sin yes Ss — 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.
