Dynasties of India Pronunciation Guide

[LilTrouble__]

I put together a video to give an introduction to the new DLC coming out next week, and a part of it includes pronunciation help will all the new terms and techs etc that are being introduced, thanks to Alian713. Thought I'd share it here for those who also don't want to completely butcher the pronunciation.

https://bit.ly/pronunciation_Indian_DLC

Please see the following message from Alian though -

"Firstly, neither I nor LilTrouble is trying to push you to use a certain pronunciation! If you are a native speaker and know a better pronunciation or just simply prefer something else please feel free to use that pronunciation! This guide is meant for people who have little to no knowledge about Indian languages so they can at least get the pronunciation somewhat correct!
Secondly, how I pronounce some words in the video is inevitably influenced by Hindi being my native language. It is unfortunately not possible for a single person to fully and correctly represent all the rich and diverse cultures of the Indian subcontinent - there are bound to be mistakes. I acknowledge that some pronunciations may not be fully accurate! I tried the best I could to find the right regional pronunciations and present them as accurately as possible - but you have to understand that for some words that I could not find the right pronunciations for, I had to make some assumptions.
Lastly, for my fellow Indians who have more insight on this topic, I’d like to mention why some of the pronunciations in the guide are the way they are:
This guide is meant for people who have little to no background in Indian languages, so I wanted to present the easiest possible way for them to get close to the “correct” pronunciations. While the exact Sanskrit pronunciations would have been the technically accurate way to go, there are some barriers to explaining exactly how to pronounce a letter correctly. For words like “Ratha”, the proper way (in Sanskrit) to say it would be “Ru-thuh”. Note that the “thuh” (थ) sound at the end is not the same as “thaa” (था), which is what most people say when pronouncing “Ratha” for the first time! The “uh” sound at the end is subtler, and similarly, I thought that someone encountering “Ru-thuh” for the first time might emphasise the “thuh” too much, which would again be incorrect.
I agree that perhaps this reasoning may not be fully justifiable and that the simplifications I made to the pronunciations are indeed biassed by Hindi, but then again I’m not saying that this is the only way to pronounce the word either! You are welcome to discuss different pronunciations here."

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Thanks!

 

[Shakal]

Nah, I will just catch the pronunciation from Memb's stream.

jk, thanks for the guide, it is really useful