csl conventions

7

sanskrit alphabetical order

Vowels:

Gutturals:

Palatals:

Retroflex:

Dentals:

Labials:

Semivowels:

Spirants:

guide to sanskrit pronunciation

but

father

sit

fee

put

boo

vocalic r, American purdy or English pretty

lengthened r

vocalic l, able

made, esp. in Welsh pronunciation

bite

rope, esp. Welsh pronun- ciation; Italian solo

sound

anusvara nasalizes the preceding vowel

visarga, a voiceless aspiration (resembling English h), or like Scottish loch, or an aspiration with a faint echoing of the preceding ________

vowel so that taih is pronounced 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 of tongue turned up to touch the hard palate)

same as the preceding but aspirated

retroflex n (with the tip