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@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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