Devanagari | Transliteration | Equivalent/Comments |
---|---|---|
? | k | as in skip. |
? | kh | as in sinkhole. |
? | g | as in go. |
? | gh | as in doghouse. |
? | G | as in sing. Used only in Sanskrit loan words, does not occur independently. |
? | ch | as in church. |
? | Ch | as in pinchhit. |
? | j | as in jump. |
? | jh | as in dodge her. |
? | nY | as in canyon. Used only in Sanskrit loan words, does not occur independently. |
? | t | as in tick. Retroflex, but still a hard t sound similar to English. |
? | T | as in lighthouse. Retroflex |
? | d | as in doom. Retroflex |
? | D | as in mudhut. Retroflex |
? | N | retroflex n, as in grand. |
? | th | does not exist in English. more dental t, with a bit of a th sound. Softer than an English t. |
? | Th | aspirated version of the previous letter, not as in thanks or the. |
? | dh | dental d. |
? | Dh | aspirated version of the above. |
? | n | dental n. |
? | p | as in spin. |
? | ph | as in uphill. |
? | b | as in be. |
? | bh | as in abhor. |
? | m | as in mere. |
? | y | as in yet. |
? | r | as in Spanish pero, a tongue trip. Don't roll as in Spanish rr, German or Scottish English. |
ऱ | R | as in ready. slightly different from the above. |
? | l | as in lean. |
ळ | L | as in Norwegian farlig. Retroflex lateral approximent |
? | v | as in Spanish vaca, between English v and w, but without the lip rounding of an English w. |
? | sh | as in shoot. |
? | Sh | almost indistinguishable retroflex of the above. slightly more aspirated. |
? | s | as in see. |
? | h | as in him. |