> One question about Pali pronuciation, is "V" pronounced as we would
> pronounce a "W" in english. On the BUDSIR demo "vimutti" is
> pronounced "wee-mutti", "vihara" is pronounced "weehara",va is
> pronounced "waa",vuccati pronounced wuccati,
> ie.
> vi pronounced we
> va pronounced wa
> vu pronounced wu
> ve pronounced way
>
> What would be the correct pronunciation for "V" in Pali?

The old Pali grammars classified it as dento-labial (dant'o.t.thajja), which
would make it like a V sound. Thais pronounce it as a bilabial W because their
own phonemic system doesn't have a dento-labial consonant.

Best wishes,

Robert

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Thanks Robert for leting us know about the BUDSIR site. One thing I
found very usefull on the site is the "downloadable demo" of the cd
rom. It has the feature of audio for any words that you highlight.

One question about Pali pronuciation, is "V" pronounced as we would
pronounce a "W" in english. On the BUDSIR demo "vimutti" is
pronounced "wee-mutti", "vihara" is pronounced "weehara",va is
pronounced "waa",vuccati pronounced wuccati,
ie.
vi pronounced we
va pronounced wa
vu pronounced wu
ve pronounced way

What would be the correct pronunciation for "V" in Pali?

Thankyou
Metta




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