Sanskrit is a classical Sanskrit language of India. The Sanskrit consonants are a very important feature of the language. The Sanskrit consonants are known as a 'rich treat' for the Sanskrit student. The sounds in Sanskrit words are articulated much differently from the sounds in other ancient languages and this is often taken for granted by students of Sanskrit.'
It is true that Sanskrit has a few words whose sounds are very difficult to pronounce, and many words have no clear sound order, but these features are present in all the languages of India. There are exceptions like the ghrita (which stands for 'long '), where the nasal and assimilation sounds are more easily understandable, and where the vowels can be shortened; in this way they do not resemble the pronunciation of the English language.
The Sanskrit alphabet has 35 letters including the vowel sigma (soft's'). The phonetic values of these letters are significant. The Sanskrit words are thus alphabets in free-flowing forms that allow for inflectional patterns of many sorts. There are only a small number of exceptions to this generalization. For instance, the aspirate sigma (oo), when writing with the right hand fingers, does not sound the same as the aspirated o (hard 'a') in the English language.
As a Sanskrit student, you will begin to realize that the phonetic value of individual letters is important to you, just as it is to a non-Sanskrit speaker. As you learn more about the phonetics of Vedic text, this awareness will grow within you may want to try out some of the pronunciations in your own language to see whether they fit the context of the Sanskrit text. Even if you are unable to pronounce them correctly, you will be able to understand what they mean. And this is very important as you progress in your study of Sanskrit grammar and Sanskrit terminology.
A simple example of how you can work this into your Sanskrit learning is by making the word "man" a Sanskrit word with the phonetic u (soft "u") instead of a u (hard "u"). This change will not make a huge difference in pronunciation of the word, but it will help you understand the meaning of the word. In this way, you can give the translation of the word a better meaning than the literal translation. This is just one example of working with Sanskrit phonetic language.
Phonetic is also used in the word "father". In Sanskrit texts, the father's name is written with phonetic consonants, while the given name of the father is written phonetically. The student who is familiar with Sanskrit alphabet will be able to identify this immediately and be able to translate the name into the Sanskrit term for a father.
With practice, you will be able to pick up many such Sanskrit words that are similar to words found in English. You should be able to build your vocabulary very quickly. You will be surprised at how quickly you can learn Sanskrit. Once you start using the Sanskrit alphabet, you will find that it is not difficult to read Sanskrit texts.