Dear Florent,
Either spelling is acceptable according to suttas 30 & 31 of the
Kaccaayanabyaakara.na grammar. The niggahita (.m) can become a
nasal or vagganta consonant ("n, ~n, .n, n, or m) before a
corresponding vagga consonant. I'm not sure if the pronuncition of the
niggahita is constant (a pure nasal like the 'n' in French 'bon') or
if it should sound the same as one of the five nasal consonants, e.g.,
s~a-gha or sang-gha.
Best wishes,
Jim
> Dear all,
> I always thought the word sangha was transcribed "sa"ngha" in Pali
> roman script. However here in Burma it is always transcribed as
> "sa.mgha". Is there any reason for this discrepancy? I guess it is
not
> that important since the pronunciation would be the same but I just
> wonder why that it.
> Regards,
> Florent