336 Srimad-Bhagavatam

r — like the rin rim.

t — like ree in reed.

| — like I followed by r (Ir).

e — like the e in they.

ai — like the aiin aisle.

o — like the oin go.

au — like the ow in how.

tn (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— asin Eckhart fi — as in canyon

g — asingive 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 — asin light-heart but with tongue against teeth.

d — asin dove but with tongue against teeth.

dh— asin red-hot but with tongue against teeth.

n — asin nut but with tongue between teeth.

p — asin pine ] — asin fight

ph— asin uphill (not f) v — asin vine

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

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

y — asin yes s — asinsun

r —asinmun 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.
