294. Srimad-Bhagavatam

u — like the win push.

a — like the win rule but held twice as long as short u.

r — like the riin rim.

t — like ree in reed.

| — like / 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 vowels are written as follows after a consonant:
Ta fi Ji Mu Qi oer EF SNe Nai ‘Yo yn
“~
For example: ka Blka THrki Fil ki Hku Pra
ba d
Hee Her Fe Fai BY ko ay kau

1 ‘‘a”’ is implied after a consonant with no vowel symbol.

The vowe
The symbol virama (‘) indicates that there is no final vowel: Ah

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

nh — as in sing d — asin dove

c — asinchair dha- as in red-hot

ch — as in staunch-heart n — asrna (prepare to say
j — as in poy 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.
