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Skeleton Grammar of Ardha-Magadhi.
Alphabet.
Vowels,
1
a
Short Long
(W)
ro
Consonants.
Surde.
Sonants.
Unaspirate Aspirate Unaspirate Aspirate
Nasal
k
kh
I &
gh
Mutes.
chchh
ņ
त्
थ् th
|
d gdh
५
ph |
व्
b
भ् bh,
म्
m
Fricatives.
s
hl. m
4 y, tr, al, av,
k anusvára)
Notes.
(1) Nasal vowels, also, are used in verse. A pure vowel when followed by an anusvāra is often nasalised for the sake of metre, and then the anusvára disappears.
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