Language/Sanskrit/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation

Sanskrit Alphabet, IPA Pronuncation, Video, Virtual Keyboard...

Hello Polyglots,

In today's lesson, you will learn how to write the different letters of the Sanskrit alphabet, how to pronounce these letters whether it is through the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), or through a video with the pronunciation of the letters by a native speaker.

Sanskrit is a classical language of South Asia and also it is the oldest language as well. It is the sacred language of Hinduism, the language of classical Hindu philosophy, and of historical texts of Buddhism and Jainism.

Here is its alphabet and the pronunciation of each letter. You will also find at the end of this lesson a virtual keyboard to be able to type each special character of this language.

Sanskrit Alphabet and IPA Pronunciation

Consonants

Letter	क	ख	ग	घ	ङ	च	छ	ज	झ	ञ	ट	ठ	ड	ढ	ण	त	थ	द	ध	न	प	फ	ब	भ	म	य	र	ल	व	श	ष	स	ह	ळ
Name	ka	kha	ga	gha	ṅa	ca	cha	ja	jha	ña	ṭa	ṭha	ḍa	ḍha	ṇa	ta	tha	da	dha	na	pa	pha	ba	bha	ma	ya	ra	la	va	śa	ṣa	sa	ha	ḷa
IPA	/kʌ/	/kʰʌ/	/ɡʌ/	/ɡʱʌ/	/ŋʌ/	/cʌ/	/cʰʌ/	/ɟʌ/	/ɟʱʌ/	/ɲʌ/	/ʈʌ/	/ʈʰʌ/	/ɖʌ/	/ɖʱʌ/	/ɳʌ/	/tʌ/	/tʰʌ/	/dʌ/	/dʱʌ/	/nʌ/	/pʌ/	/pʰʌ/	/bʌ/	/bʱʌ/	/mʌ/	/jʌ/	/rʌ/	/lʌ/	/ʋʌ/	/ɕʌ/	/ʂʌ/	/sʌ/	/ɦʌ/	/ɭʌ/

Vowels

Letter	अ	आ	इ	ई	उ	ऊ	ऋ	ॠ	ऌ	ॡ	ए	ऐ	ओ	औ	अं	अँ	अः
Diacritic	◌	ा	ि	ी	ु	ू	ृ	ॄ	ॢ	ॣ	ॅ	ै	ो	ौ	ं	ँ	ः
Name	a	ā	i	ī	u	ū	ṛ	ṝ	ḷ	ḹ	e	ai	o	au	aṅ	aṃ	aḥ
IPA	/ʌ/	/aː/	/i/	/iː/	/u/	/uː/	/r/	/rː/	/l/	/lː/	/eː/	/aːi/	/o/	/aːu/	/aŋ/	/ə˞/	/əh/

Sanskrit Devanagari Online Virtual Keyboard