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Guide to Pronunciation
(For technical terms & lyrics)
Carnatic Transliteration | Reference | Harvard Kyoto Reference |
a | hut | a |
ā | father | A |
i | sing | i |
ee | feel | I |
u | put | u |
oo | mood | U |
e | medal | e |
ē | ray | E |
ai | kite | ai |
o | hotel | o |
ō | noble | O |
ow | how | au |
k | skill | k |
kh | dark-house | kh |
g | garden | g |
gh | dog-house | gh |
n | long, tank | n/G |
ch | chain | c |
chh | beach-holiday | ch |
j | jump | j |
jh | hedgehog | jh |
gny | new | n/j |
ṭ | till | T |
ṭh | anthill | Th |
ḍ | disk | D |
ḍh | wind-hose | Dh |
ṇ | pond | N |
t | wealth | t |
th | theme | th |
d | the | d |
dh | buddha | dh |
n | now, van | n |
p | pot | p |
ph | uphill | ph |
b | balloon | b |
bh | clubhouse | bh |
m | mother | m |
y | youth | y |
r | run | r |
r | krshna | R |
ṛ | pretty (Sanskrit) herring (Tamil) | R |
l | lamp | l |
ḷ | world | L |
v | vast | v |
sh | sugar | S |
ṣh | she | sh |
s | sit | s |
h | hat | h |
zh | in tamil - approximately like ‘rouge’ | |
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The Harvard Kyoto transliteration convention has been added in this page for easy referencing against the Carnatic transliteration convention used for all composition lyrics, technical terms and names of compositions across this site.