ipa/Sanskrit

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Vedic and Classical Sanskrit and Pali pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.

For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA, and Wiki: Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

See shiksha for a more thorough discussion of the sounds of Sanskrit.

Key

Consonants
IPA Nagari IAST English approximation
k k skin
kh kin
ɡ g again
ɡʱ gh loghouse
ŋ bank
c riches
tɕʰ ch chew
j juice
dʑʱ jh hedgehog
ɲ ñ enjoyable
ʈ stable
ʈʰ ṭh table
ɖ American bird
ɖʱ ḍh American birdhouse
ɳ American burn
t t eighth
th table (but dental)
d d width
dh redhead (but dental)
n n tenth
p p span
ph pan
b b about
bh clubhouse
m m much
j y yak
r r Indian roti
l l leaf
ʋ v between wine and vine
ɕ ś sheep
ʂ American worship
s s soup
ɦ h ahead
Vowels
IPA Nagari IAST English approximation
ɐ , a comma
, पा ā bra
i , पि i sit
, पी ī feet
u , पु u look
, पू ū loot
, पे e Scottish wait
ɐːi̯ , पै ai hi
, पो o Scottish old
ɐːu̯ , पौ au how
Syllabic Consonants
, पृ Possibly like bird
r̩ː , पॄ longer ṛ
ऌ, पॢ bottle
Vowel Diacritics
◌̃ ◌̃/m̐ nasal vowel [ɐ̃], [ãː], [õː], etc.)
h head


Suprasegmentals
IPA Nagari IAST English equivalent
ˈ◌ stress
(placed before stressed syllable)

Notes

References

  • Zieba, Maciej; Stiehl, Ulrich (June 9, 2002). "The Original Pronunciation of Sanskrit" (PDF). Ulrich Stiehl. Retrieved 27 September 2011.

See also

Tags:

ipa/SanskritInternational Phonetic AlphabetPaliSanskritTemplate:IPAVedic SanskritWikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation

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