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CSL CONVENTIONS

Sanskrit Alphabetical Order

Vowels:

Gutturals:

Palatals:

Retroflex:

Dentals:

Labials:

Semivowels:

Spirants:

Guide to Sanskrit Pronunciation

but

father

sit

fee

put

boo

vocalic r, American pur-

dy or English pretty

lengthened r

vocalic l, able

made, esp. in Welsh pro-

nunciation

bite

rope, esp. Welsh pronun-

ciation; Italian solo

sound

anusvard nasalizes the pre-

ceding vowel

visarga, a voiceless aspira-

tion (resembling the En-

glish h), or like Scottish

loch, or an aspiration with a faint echoing of the last element of the preceding vowel so that taih is pro- nounced taihⁱ

luck

blockhead

go

bighead

anger

chill

matchhead

jog

aspirated j, hedgehog

canyon

retroflex t, try (with the

tip of tongue turned up

to touch the hard palate)

same as the preceding but

aspirated

retroflex d (with the tip