Hi Nina,

>
>let us ask Rett again. He said: this .n is more towards the throat, and I
>answered that I have to practise this next time in India.
>I just saw Stephen's post, that is a help. The Pali d and t are more like
>the Dutch I would say.

iiuc the Pali d and t are true dentals, which means that native
English speakers usually get them slightly wrong (English forming
them with the tip of the tongue on the little ridge behind the teeth
(alveolar ridge), instead of actually touching the back of the
teeth). Swedish has true dentals, like Pali; I'm not sure about Dutch.

The .n isn't so much towards the 'throat' but has the tip of the
tongue curled slightly backwards against the roof of the mouth. It's
the velar nasal, or 'n with a dot _over_ it' which is the one which
is articulated near the throat. It's easy, being the natural ng-sound
we form before k or g (contrast the n sound in 'funky' and 'fun key')

Here's a diagram of the mouth http://www.zompist.com/kitcons.gif
that might help with some of these terms.

best regards,

/Rett