
The consonant ch is virtually indistinguishable from c to the untrained English speaker, but is indeed a different letter. The consonant written 'c' can be confusing it is pronounced like the first sound in the word chair but without aspiration.In other words, a Marathi k sounds like an English "k" (without aspiration). The consonants in the first two vargas, as well as the last, are pronounced exactly as they are in English.The nasal consonants in the first two vargas are almost never found written alone they are usually conjuncted (more on conjuncts later) with another consonant in their corresponding vargas, as the other nasal consonants often are.There are 36 consonants (consonants that stop air from moving out of the mouth) in Marathi, as follows followed by their corresponding IAMT characters: This is because all Marathi consonants, unless part of a conjunct (see below), or they appear at the end of a word, automatically contain this vowel. Note that there is no mātrā form for the first vowel, अ - a.Here are the fourteen vowels paired with the syllable क ( k): ॲ ( ê/æ) is like the vowel in aluminium.Īll vowels in Marathi have two forms: Their standalone form and their mātrā form.अं: ( aḥ) is like the vowel in no similar use in English.It is often pronounced like the vowel in autum.


