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KEY TO PRONUNCIATION OF INDIAN WORDS
a-short as in ‘nut'. a-long as in 'calm'. i-short as in "pin'. |--long as in 'machine'. u-short as in 'bull'. ī—long as in 'rule'.
as in 'rich'. ai--as in 'time'. 0-as in 'go'. au-as in 'cow. ch-as in "church'. ñ-nasal palatal. n-as in 'sing'. n-nasal retroflex. t--as in 'town', but dental. d-as in 'dunce', but retroflex. d-as in 'the', but dental. th-as in pothole', aspirated 't'. t-as in 'hot', but retroflex. ph-as in "pin', but strongly aspirated. s-as in 'shine'. Ş-as in 'sheet', but retroflex.
Accents have been omitted in the case of headings and sub-headings in bold capitals and small capital letters due to technical reasons. The correct pronunciation of a word can be found from the Index.
