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How can ka mean 1 or 0, ta mean 1 or 6, da mean 3 or 8, etc ?? Some sounds have multiple numbers associated with it!
by intull 13y ago
How can ka mean 1 or 0, ta mean 1 or 6, da mean 3 or 8, etc ??
Some sounds have multiple numbers associated with it!
- deepuj 13y agoCould be that they are different Sanskrit characters without similar notations in English?
- fnbr 13y agoI presume it's a tonal language (like, say, Chinese), where words have different meanings depending on the gone that they are said in.
- witty_username 13y agoNo, it's just that there are different sounds that transcribe to the same letter in English. (aspirated th versus th (th in thirst)).
- swatkat 13y agoThey differ in the way they sound; they're actually different letters. Check this consonant table, there are two "ta", one in row 3 and the other in row 4: http://www.languagereef.com/consonanttable.php?lang=SANSKRIT http://www.languagereef.com/consonanttable.php?lang=SANSKRIT This video shows their pronunciation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8GhoAIAtt4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8GhoAIAtt4 This structure is same in all Indian languages.