Nice, I think I like the indigenous occurrence of the sounds of z and f. I always did like those sounds in European languages (though we don't have them in Tamizh as far as I can tell...)
By the way, sorry for leading you off in the wrong direction Shambhu.
And now for my question: what language is that word Zamindar from?
On the matter of 'm' at the end of the words Samskritam and Mahabharatam and the 'h' sound, I asked my dad explicitly.
For what it's worth, from what he knew:
- He said it's the normal 'm' sound. Then I asked him why it sounded like Grandmother used to say Mahabharaton/Mahabharatau (nasal) sometimes. He said they all did that when they pronounce things in Tamizh, just like she would sometimes say 'Sangara' or even nasal 'Sangaron' (Tamizh pronunciation, although Shankara(n) is too actually) when speaking Tamizh but say it as Shankara when reciting shlokas or telling stories.
- what my ears seemed to hear: he pronounced it as Purushaha and Shantihi Shantihi Shantihi but said that last can also sometimes turn out as Shanti-hshanti-hshantihi when pronounced as if the words are glued together. I don't know how to transliterate that now...
By the way, sorry for leading you off in the wrong direction Shambhu.
And now for my question: what language is that word Zamindar from?
On the matter of 'm' at the end of the words Samskritam and Mahabharatam and the 'h' sound, I asked my dad explicitly.
For what it's worth, from what he knew:
- He said it's the normal 'm' sound. Then I asked him why it sounded like Grandmother used to say Mahabharaton/Mahabharatau (nasal) sometimes. He said they all did that when they pronounce things in Tamizh, just like she would sometimes say 'Sangara' or even nasal 'Sangaron' (Tamizh pronunciation, although Shankara(n) is too actually) when speaking Tamizh but say it as Shankara when reciting shlokas or telling stories.
- what my ears seemed to hear: he pronounced it as Purushaha and Shantihi Shantihi Shantihi but said that last can also sometimes turn out as Shanti-hshanti-hshantihi when pronounced as if the words are glued together. I don't know how to transliterate that now...