This has to do with where the -jj- sound "comes from". Pali is a Prakrit language which means it's a colloquial form, having developed from Vedic Sanskrit. In Vedic different conjunct consonants become -jj-.
For example the Vedic/Sanskrit word adya ("today, now") becomes Pali ajja (-dy- > -jj-)
khaadya (Skt, "food") = Paali khajja
also -by- > -jj- as in kubja (Skt., "humpbacked") in Paali is kujja,
In some Prakrits -ry- changes to -jj- as aarya > aajja or kaarya > kajja (Maagaadhii, an eastern dialect).
In Paali Skt. aarya ("honourable person") usually changes to Paali ariya or ayira (by interchange of the letters, called metathesis) or ayya.
So it may be that the pronounciation of the various words are influenced by the conjunct consonant from which they came,
Mettaa, Bryan
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From: frank <fcckuan@...>
To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, February 10, 2010 10:56:08 PM
Subject: [Pali] pronunciation of jj in sambojjhanga
What's really puzzling to me is in some of those words, the "jj" sound
is similar to a english "j" sound, in other words, it sounds like "ch",
in others it sounds like "t". Am I going mad?
BTW the audio dictionary at worldtipitaka is an awesome resource.
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