Re: Pronunciation of H after a vowel, as in brahma, brahman

Aleix Ruiz Falqués ruydaleixo@...
[palistudy] wrote thus at 03:17 AM 16-03-15:
>In the case of brahma, h is an independent
>sound. In the case of cakkhu, the sounds are c a
>k kh and u. kh is one single sound, and
>therefore it is not that the h does not sound,
>but that the sound kh is aspirate.

I think the confusion stems from some English
assumptions. In English, the "k" is aspirated.
So, many English speakers can't understand how
"kh" is any different. But in Pali, and many
other Asian languages, there's the unaspirated "k".

kb