Re: Religion-Names in Conlangs. Or At Least in Mine. :)

Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> Steg Belsky wrote:
> > buddhism:  how do you pronounce "buddha" in it's original language?  do
> > buddhists call themselves the equivalent of "buddh-ists" in the original
> > language? is there an original language of buddhism?  (you can see i
> > don't know that much about buddhism)
>
> The original language of Buddhism was whatever Buddha spoke.  I'm not
> sure which lang he spoke, tho.  I think that <dh> represents /d_h/,
> "aspirated" d.
It is indeed an aspirated [d].  I have always heard the first syllable
pronounced so as rhyme with 'book'.  Supposedly, Marathi is the modern
lg which is closest to the language spoken by the Buddha although I find
that very unlikely (for reasons of geography, I know very little about
Indic lgs otherwise).  Its early in the morning and my books on Buddhism
are in the bedroom with my still sleeping significant other so I can't
look up the name of the language he is actually likely to have spoken.
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