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VOWELS | ||||
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non-nasalized | nasalized | |||
short | long | short | long | |
a | aa | A | AA | |
i | ii | I | II | |
u | uu | U | UU | |
^ | ^^ | |||
e | E | |||
ai | AI | |||
o | O | |||
au | AU | |||
M (for `anusvaara'), H (for `visarga') | ||||
+ (delimiter for separating syllabic units, if necessary) | ||||
ex. ka+ii (not kai+i) `some', lak'ana+uu (not lak'anau+u) `Lucknow'. | ||||
CONSONANTS | ||||
stops | ||||
voiceless | voiced | nasal | ||
unaspirated | aspirated | unaspirated | aspirated | |
k (q) | k' (x) | g (G) | g' | B |
c | c' | j (z) | j' | ~ |
T | T' | D (R) | D' (R') | N |
t | t' | d | d' | n |
p | p' (f) | b | b' | m |
semivowels | ||||
y | r | l | v | |
sibilants | ||||
S | $ | s | ||
fricative | ||||
h |