Alphabet — mr.

• अalike a in about (short neutral vowel)
• आālike a in father (long aah)
• इilike i in sit (short)
• ईīlike ee in see (long)
• उulike u in put (short)
• ऊūlike oo in moon (long)
• एelike e in they
• ऐailike ai in aisle
• ओolike o in go
• औaulike ou in ouch / ow
• कkalike k in kite (unaspirated)
• खkhalike k-h, kite said with a puff of air
• गgalike g in go
• घghalike g-h, go with a breathy push
• चchalike ch in chair (Marathi also has a softer ts-like sound)
• छchhalike ch-h, chair with a puff of air
• जjalike j in jam
• टṭalike t in top, tongue curled back (hard t)
• ठṭhalike ṭa with a puff of air (hard, aspirated t)
• डḍalike d in dog, tongue curled back (hard d)
• णṇalike n in under, tongue curled back
• तtalike t in stop, tongue on teeth (soft t)
• दdalike th in this (soft d, tongue on teeth)
• नnalike n in net
• पpalike p in spin
• फphalike p-h, spin with a puff of air
• बbalike b in bat
• भbhalike b-h, bat with a breathy push
• मmalike m in man
• यyalike y in yes
• रralike a lightly rolled r in run
• लlalike l in love
• वvalike v/w, between v in van and w in wet
• शshalike sh in ship
• सsalike s in sun
• हhalike h in hat
• ळḷaa retroflex l (special Marathi sound, tongue curled back) as in 'bāḷ' (child)