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Pronunciation Guide
one (retroflex) where the tip of the tongue touches the roof of the mouth and the other (dental) where it is closer to the teeth. It is not always easy to find a good English approximation, but a few are attempted below. Out transliteration of these distinct sounds adopts an identical letter.
So these letters are as below.
Gujarati
Our transliteration
IAST diacritical
Comment
Ta
Ta
Retroflex. This sounds like
the first "V" in "start"
da
Retroflex. This sounds like
the“d” in “dart”
Tha
tha
Retroflex. This sounds like
the first “" in "tart"
Dha
dha
Retroflex
Na
na
Retroflex
La
Tha
tha
Dental
Da
da
Dental
Dha
dha
Dental
Na
na
Dental
La
Dental
