Thursday, January 12, 2017

Marathi phonetic similarity with English words

While doing transliteration, I realised that the pronounciation expected from transliterated English text may create problems as the pronounciation of English words do not follow rigid phonetic equivalence and person conversant with English speaking may interprete the transliterated text based on English words.

Solution of this problem is to link the transliterated English text with English characters and words which give similar phonetic equivalence

Trasliterated text can be converted back to Marathi characters as it has one to one corresponence with Marathi characters, but its pronounciation should be as per spoken English characters and words.

This is rather tricky to understand, but I feel that it will help in proper pronounciation of Marathi characters and words.

 Please remember that we have to use this exercise for recognizing Marathi characters

Some examples will clear the concept.

English Characters - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U  V W X Y Z
Marathi phonetic eqvivalance -  ए बी सी डी ई एफ जी एच आय जे के एल एम एन ओ पी क्यू आर एस टी यु व्ही एक्स वाय झेड
English Transliterated text - e bii sii Dii ii eph gii ec aay je ke el em en o pii aar es Tii yu vhii eks vaay jheD

English Words - One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten
Marathi phonetic eqvivalance - वन टू थ्री फोर फाइव्ह सिक्स सेवन एट नाईन टेन
English Transliterated Text - van Tuu thrii phor phaiivh siks sevan eT naaiin Ten

English Words - Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saurday Sunday
Marathi phonetic eqvivalance - मंडे चुसडे वेन्सडे थर्सडे फ्रायडे सॅटरडे संडे
English Transliterated text - maMDe cusaDe vensaDe tharsTaDe frayaDe saTarDe saMDe

English Words - summer Winter Year Day minute second
Marathi phonetic eqvivalance - समर विंटर ईअर डे मिनिट सेकंड
English Transliterated text - samar viMTar iiar De miniT sekanD

side saaiiD Deep Diip son san daughter Daatar ship sheep hey he high haay low lo name nem
English Words -but paper car house play read write walk key table chair
Marathi phonetic equivalence - बट पेपर कार हौस प्ले रीड राईट वाक की टेबल चेअर
English Transliterated Text - baT pepar kaar hous ple rID vaak Tebal cear

English Words - bed red yellow mirror gate go education  leave basin light fight might
Marathi phonetic equivalence - बेड रेड यलो मिरर गेट गो एज्युकेशन  लीव्ह बेसिन लाईट फईट माईट
English Transliterated Text - beD reD yalo mirar ejyukeshan liivh besin laaIT

English Words - main wall color mouse line city wire mini page number mark desk ink run
Marathi phonetic equivalence - मेन वाल कलर मौस लाईन सिटी वायर मिनी पेज नंबर मार्क डेस्क इंक रन
English Transliterated Text - men vaal kalar mous laaiin siTii vaayar mini naMbar maark Desk iMk ran

English Words - jump America India yahoo facebuk buk leaf root wait button hole fire
Marathi phonetic equivalence - जंप अमेरिका इंडिया याहू फेसबुक बुक लीफ रूट वेट नेट बटन होल फायर
English Transliterated Text - jaMp amerikaa iMDiyaa yaahuu phesabuk liiph ruuT veT neT baTan hol phaayar

English Words -  good goat soul bin soon gain was water air key
Marathi phonetic equivalence - गुड गोट सोल बिन सून गेन वाज वाटर एअर की
English Transliterated Text - guD goT sol bin suun gen vaaj ear kii

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