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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Sanskrit From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Vedic and Classical Sanskrit and Pali pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA, and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

See shiksha for a more thorough discussion of the sounds of Sanskrit.

Key

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Consonants
IPA[1]Nagari[1]IAST[1] [2]English approximation
b babout
bhclubhouse
ɕ śsheep, pronounced more forward, toward the teeth (palatalized)
d dwidth
dhredhead (but dental)
ɖ American bird
ɖʱ ḍhAmerican birdhouse
jjuice, pronounced more forward, toward the teeth (palatalized)
dʑʱ jhhedgehog
ɡ gagain
ɡʱ ghloghouse
ɦ hahead
j yyak
k kskin
khkin
l lleaf
m mmuch
n ntenth
ɲ ñcanyon[3]
ɳ American burn[3]
ŋ sting[3]
p pspan
phpan
r[4] rIndian roti
s ssoup
ʂ American worship
t tstable
thtable (but dental)
ʈ stable
ʈʰ ṭhtable
criches, pronounced more forward, toward the teeth (palatalized)
tɕʰ chchew
ʋ vbetween wine and vine
Vowels[3][5]
IPANagariIAST[2]English approximation
, पाābra
ɐ , acomma
ɐi̯[6] , पैaihi
ɐu̯[7] , पौauhow
[8] , पेeScottish wait
i , पिisit
, पीīfeet
[9] , पोostory
u , पुufull
, पूūfool
Syllabic Consonants
[10] ऌ, पॢ bottle
l̩ː[11] ॡ, पॣ longer ḷ
[12] , पृSimilar to rhotic bird
r̩ː[13] , पॄlonger ṛ
Vowel Diacritics
◌̃ ◌̃/m̐nasal vowel [ɐ̃], [ãː], [õː], etc.)[3]
h [14] head


Suprasegmentals
IPANagariIAST[2]English equivalent
ˈ◌ stress[15]
(placed before stressed syllable)
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