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TABLE OF PRONUNCIATION The dentals and labials are about as in English.
Visarga, ḥ, is a final h-sound uttered in the articulating position of the preceding vowel. (It is a substitute for a final s or r.)
Anusvāra, m, is a resonant nasal pronounced with open mouth.
The Vowels (Gutturals: Palatals: Labials: Linguals: Dentals:
Simple vowels
Diphthongs SPalatals:
Labials:
au
In general, the vowels are pronounced as in Italian; short a, however, is a "neutral vowel," like the vowel-sound of but, son, or blood. The vowel ? is an uurilled r-sound used as a vowel, as in certain Slavonic languages. The vowel ! is an l-sound similarly uttered.
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