> Piya Tan <dharmafarer@...> wrote:
> The "best" way of pronouncing Pali would
> of course be by a native, an ethnic
> north Indian. (Not a Sinhalese, although it sound
> close.)

In one respect at least, modern Sinhalese are closer
to Old and Middle Indian pronounciation than modern
North Indians:

In Hindi, and I suppose other North Indian languages,
a short -a at the end of a word is normally muted
(Buddha becomes Buddh).

In Sinhalese, it is pronounced (not a clear a sound,
but still).

Gunnar

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