Sanskrit
Family: Indo-Iranian
Region: India
Time: 4th century B.C. - present
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
| Voiceless stop | p | t | ʈ | tʃ | k | |
| Voiceless aspirated stop | pʰ | tʰ | ʈʰ | tʃʰ | kʰ | |
| Voiced stop | b | d | ɖ | dʒ | g | |
| Voiced aspirated stop | bʱ | dʱ | ɖʱ | dʒʱ | gʱ | |
| Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ŋ | ||
| Fricative | s | ʂ | ʃ | ɦ | ||
| Trill | r r̩ r̩ː | |||||
| Lateral | l l̩ l̩ː | |||||
| Approximant | w | j |
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
| High | i iː | u uː |
| Mid | e | o |
| Low | a aː |
Diphthongs
/ai/, /au/
Bibliography
Burrow, T. 2001. Sanskrit Language. Motilal Banarsidass.
Goldman, R. P. and Goldman S. J. Southerland. 2009. Devavāṇīpraveśikā. Dehli: Motilal Banarsidass.
Masica, C. 1991. The Indo-Aryan languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Author
Alessandra R. Caviglia