Vowels in Marathi phrasebook
In Marathi, vowels are added to consonants. Most of them are easy to pronounce, ऋ and ॠ are slightly challenging. Marathi vowels retain much of their original Sanskrit pronunciation making some of them different from their Hindi counterparts. A notable example is औ (au), pronounced as owl in Marathi but as Oxford in Hindi. ऑ (Ao) is a special vowel used for loan English words, and is pronounced as in doctor.
| Devanagari
|
Tranileration used here
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Examples
|
|---|
| अ |
a |
as in allow
|
| आ |
A |
as in hard
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| इ |
i |
as in hit
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| ई |
I |
as in mean
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| उ |
u |
as in put
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| ऊ |
U |
as in hoot
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| ऋ |
tR |
as in Brr! It's cold + a small u sound
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| ॠ |
TR |
similar to ऋ, slightly longer
|
| लृ |
ltR |
as in life + ऋ
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| ए |
e |
as in main
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| ऐ |
ai |
as in fight
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| ओ |
o |
as in Oh my God
|
| औ |
au |
as in owl
|
| अः |
aH |
as in huh?
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