Pronouncing the Devanagari Alphabet

The material provides a comprehensive guide on pronouncing the Devanagari alphabet, detailing vowel positions, consonants, modifiers, and related phonetic concepts to assist with accurate pronunciation.

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A vowel is a sound that is produced when the mouth is open and the sound is not blocked by the lips, teeth, or tongue. Vowels are sounds that can be sustained,

Denise Eide • Uncovering The Logic of English: A Common-Sense Approach to Reading, Spelling, and Literacy

CHAKRA ONE: Seed sound Lam (lahm), vowel sound Ohh (as in road) CHAKRA TWO: Seed sound Vam (vahm), vowel sound Oooo (as in rule) CHAKRA THREE: Seed sound Ram (rahm), vowel sound Ahh (as in father) CHAKRA FOUR: Seed sound Yam (yahm), vowel sound Ayy (as in play) CHAKRA FIVE: Seed sound Ham (hahm), vowel sound Eeee (as in sleep) CHAKRA SIX: Seed

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The actual mantra is

ॐ गं गणपतये नमः

which when translated with IAST diacriticals is

oṃ gaṃ gaṇapataye namaḥ

Those dots below the letters matter, so when they get lost in non-diacritical translations, it's a bit of a mess.

The "ṃ" isn't really a letter in the original Sanskrit, but rather a nasal marker called an "anusvara". This takes on a nasal... See more

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