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How you say it 101. …101. Indian Names 101. Indian Pronounciation 101. Devnagari Script. A : Sound of ‘u’ in u p or Sound of ‘a’ in a re; not as sound of ‘a’ in a dd AA: Sound of ‘a’ in a re E : Sound of ‘e’ in e lephant EE : Sound of ‘ ee ’ in Ch ee se (Long e sound)

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  1. How you say it 101 …101 Indian Names 101 Indian Pronounciation 101

  2. Devnagari Script A : Sound of ‘u’ in up or Sound of ‘a’ in are; not as sound of ‘a’ in add AA: Sound of ‘a’ in are E : Sound of ‘e’ in elephant EE : Sound of ‘ee’ in Cheese (Long e sound) I : Sound of ‘i’ in it O: Sound of ‘o’ in go; not as Sound of ‘o’ in of OO: Sound of ‘oo’ in food (Long u sound) U: Sound of ‘u’ in Put AI : Sound of ‘ei’ in Eikman Au : Sound of ‘ow’ in Cow or Sound of ‘ou’ in out when pronounced as a single syllable Most of the Indian languages have at least 12 common vowels. Most of them don’t have sound of A as in Add or sound of O as in Odd. Common Vowels

  3. Vowel pairs • Ai: is pronounced as quick like Eikman – Laila • Aa: is pronounced as sound of ‘a’ in are • Ee : cheese - Jeevan, Deepak, Rajeev • Oo : noon – Pooja, Krishnamoorthy • Au : quick aoo like saying cow in one syllable. – Gautam, Gaurav

  4. Consonents Most of the Indian languages have more that 34 consonants.. Bh : aspirated B - ABHOY, BHIDE Ch : as in “Churn” - SACH D : as in “dumb” or as in “the” In most Indian first names, when you see letter “D” pronounce it as “th”– DEEPAK; DEVESH D is pronounced as in “dumb” in some last names – BHIDE Dh : aspirated the or aspirated “D” – BUDDHA, GANDHI Dny : thin the + N + Y, pronounced as one syllable - DNYANADA Gh : as in ghost - GHOSH Kh : as in Khaki – REKHA Ph : as in graph T : as in tub or unaspiratedT In most first names T is pronounced as soft T (touch tip of tongue to the back of upper teeth) – MANGAT, ADEETEE T is pronounced as in tub in some last names – PATEL Sr : S in Sun + R in run - SRI Sh : as in shut – SHAH, SHREYA Th : as in path or aspirated “T” - SANTHOSH, MARATHE Tr : unaspirated T + R – TRISHA, MANTRA

  5. Alphasyllabary • Look for consonants and vowels. Consonant–vowel sequences are written as a unit. If an Indian name is broken at the vowels and then sounded it out, a person will be able to guess the pronunciation. Kri-shna-moo-rthy Bhi-de Dnya-na-da Ko-chu-mme-n Sa-ra-va-na-ku-ma-r

  6. Cheat Sheet A B C D E up/arm bun No corresponding vowel sound the/dumb elk F G H I J fur gum hut ink junk K L M N O karate lung mum numb open P Q R S T pun quality rug Sun turn/tamale U V, W X Y Z put waitflux yes lazy

  7. Cheat Sheet continued… D in first name, Don’t be dumb, just pronounce them T in first name, have Tamale and not hot tea. G in a name, think of a game Th don’t go there, follow the path V or W wait and don’t ride in a Van Y Yes we did it!

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