A Manual of Colloquial Hindustani and Bengali

A beginner is advised to practise with the tongue and the ear the sound of every word of the language he wishes to learn. [...] g. g in 'go.' g is gutteral—has a grating sound as in gargling kh is gutteral something like ch in the Scotch word 'loch.' n. like n in the French word 'bon.'ph like ph in “diphthong.” q is a strongly articulated gutteral k. r and rh pronounced with the point of the tongue well turned back to the roof of the mouth. [...] It has been inserted to show what the correct spelling would be in the Arabic character it may be ignored in the pronouncing of words in this Manual as the letter preceding it or following it (i e a or u as the case may be) gives the pronunciation to be given to it. [...] Ilea tine se) mahodle ho-ja oge ( or nasha 110-j ). B. Ala mad khele (or khd o itt) mälfil ha:re parbe (or * Father's sister is called in B. pisi or pis;-ma in H. Ahttfifii ; husband of ditto in B. pile or pise.maia i in H. phuppa ; mother's sister in B. masi or nubs?-ma in U. kkahr in Hin. [...] mann' ; father's elder brother in B. jequ'i or je q7a-maa i in H. rhacha; wife of ditto in B. je!ha i or je!ha i ma in H. rhachi ; father's younger brothein B. khuro or —matia i kakis —main / or—babu in H. same as father's elder brother ; wife of ditto in B. knurl —ma kaki or —ma in H. same as wife of father's elder brother.