Fillable Printable Sanskrit Alphabet with English Transliteration
Fillable Printable Sanskrit Alphabet with English Transliteration
Sanskrit Alphabet with English Transliteration
Sanskrit
Alphabet with English Transliteration
Ç ÇŸ ÑÖÜá
aâiîuû
äãåç
eaioau
à⃇Ç~ÇÅ
ë¯ëöaò/aõ/an/aäaï
é ê í î ñ
kakhagaghaòaGuttural
ò ö ú û †
cachajajhaõaPalatal
¢ § • ß®
øaøhaèaèhañaCerebral
™ ¨ Æ ∞≤
ta tha da dha naDental
¥ ∂∏∫º
paphababhamaLabial
æ ¿ ƒ ∆
yaralava
À Œ – “ ’ ◊
åaæasahakæajõa
Sanskrit Pronunciation Guide
Sanskrit’s breadth of expression comes in part from using the entire
mouth for pronunciation, and from elongating accented vowels. With
an alphabet of 49 letters, it has several different versions of familiar
sounds such as ‘n’ and ‘s’, each issuing from a different part of the
mouth. For this reason, diacritical marks are generally used to
indicate how and where a consonant or vowel should be sounded.
apronounced like ‘a’ in america
âpronounced like ‘a’ in barn
ipronounced like ‘i’ in bit
îpronounced like ‘i’ in liter
upronounced like ‘u’ in put
ûpronounced like ‘u’ in dude
epronounced like ‘e’ in grey
ai, aypronounced like ‘ai’ in aisle
opronounced like ‘o’ in over
aupronounced like ‘ow’ in cow
â, î, û, ê, âi, âuprolonged for two beats instead of one
k, kh, g, gh, ògutturals, arising from the throat
c, ch, j, jh, õpalatals, arising from the back of the palate
ø, øh, è, èh, ñcerebrals, with tongue touching the roof of the mouth
t, th, d, dh, ndentals, with tongue touching the back of the teeth
p, ph, b, bh, mlabials, arising from the lips
c, chpalatal, always pronounced like ‘ch’ in chop
ëcerebral, pronounced like ‘ri’ in rip
åpalatal, pronounced like ‘sh’ in shout
æcerebral, pronounced like ‘sh’ in leash
õpronounced like ‘ni’ in onion
äpronounced like ‘n’ in uncle
jõpronounced like ‘gn’ in igneous
h alonepronounced like ‘h’ in hot
ïa soft echo of the preceding vowel
h after a consonantextra breath after the consonant (in Sanskrit there are
no compound sounds like ‘th’ in thief or ‘ph’ in phone)
