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Old 04-13-2008, 12:47 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Dear Veer jee or Bhen jee,

First of all, ਸਂਗ is spelt wrong. It should be ਸੰਘਾ . I've checked it on google and that is how it is commonly spelt.

Sangha is only a transliteration of the Punjabi, so you will not have exactly the same letters in Punjabi. To give you a classic example, the word Singh has five letters but in Punjabi it is written as ਸਿੰਘ which is only two letters, Sassa ਸ and Ghagga ਘ; has one vowel sound - siharee ਿ and one nasal sound - tipee ੰ Ghagga is commonly transliterated as gh in English.

However, with regards to pronunciation there is a special rule. If a word starts with ghagga it is pronounced just as it is e.g. ਘਰ ghar (house) but if ghagga comes in the middle, like in the word ਸਿੰਘ, it is pronounced as if it were a gagga ਗ. The same pronunciation rule applies to ਡ and ਢ, ਦ and ਧ, ਬ and ਭ.

Hope this helps,

gsingh
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