[INDOLOGY] Devanagari for Marathi

[Madhav Deshpande]

Dear Harry,

Marathi does not use any letters like ज़ with an underdot.  In Marathi, the
written letters च, छ, ज, झ have two pronunciations each, one set of
pronunciations matching the Sanskrit palatal sounds, while the other set
matching the dotted letters used in Hindi.  While the native speakers have
no problem with this, the non-native speakers often find it difficult to
figure out which pronunciation is intended in a given word.

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus
Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan
[Residence: Campbell, California]


On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 6:32 AM Harry Spier via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear list members,
>
> Can someone tell me if in Marathi ज़ (ज with dot underneath)  is used for
> the letter transliterated as za .  I've been told that in Marathi ज without
> dot underneath is used but the ISO transliteration guide has ज़ (ज with dot
> underneath) for z .
>
> Thanks,
> Harry Spier
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