Note on Pronunciation of Pāli Names.
The quantity of vowels is marked throughout. Short a is pronounced like u in but, long ā like a in father, long ī like ee in see, long ū like oo in too, short i and short u differing from the corresponding long vowels not in sound but in length. The u in Buddha, for example, is short. Simple consonants are pronounced as in English, except that c is pronounced like ch in church, g as in get, and j as in judge. Combinations like th and dh should be pronounced as in hothouse and madhouse. Names containing underdotted letters have been eliminated. A syllable is said to be long if it contains either a long vowel, or a short vowel followed by two consonants (except a consonant followed by h). Words of three or more syllables are accented on the second syllable from the last, provided the next to the last syllable is short, as Gótama, Mállika. If the next to the last syllable is long, it receives the accent, as Brahmadátta, Nibbāna.