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NOTE ON THE PRONUNCIATION OF TRANSLITERATED SANSKRIT
AND PĀLI WORDS
The vowels are pronounced almost in the same way as in Italian, except that the sound of a approaches that of o in bond or u in but, and a that of a as in army. The consonants are as in English, except c, ch in church; 1, d, ì are cerebrals, to which English t, d, n almost correspond; t, d, n are pure dentals; kh, gh, ch, jh, th, dh, th, dh, ph, bh are the simple sounds plus an aspiration; î is the French gn; ? is usually pronounced as ri, and s, ş as sh.
