• InvisibleShade@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    Most common Indian languages do have a hard ‘T’ sound too. For example, look up the pronunciation of “sword” in Hindi.

    I think this scenario might just boil down to the unawareness of the correct pronunciation.

    • mongoosedadei@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I agree most of them do have a hard ‘T’, but “talwar” (I’m guessing this is the word you’re referring to) is pronounced with a “th”. Probably the words for “firecracker” (pataka) or “holiday” (chuttee) are more representative.

    • BackStabbath@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      Sword in Hindi is pronounced with a soft “th” sound. I don’t know where you got your info from.