Vowels (JK«∞ÛÅ∞: Acculu) `≥Å∞QÆ∞ =~°‚=∂Å TELUGU ALPHABET J *a come P – far W D L T |∞∞|∞∂ Z U B S X F Jó JO i i bit feel u wood u cool ru rusi root . .lu – a – ru . – .lu– e e– get stake mite ai oat rotate out half some o o au am ah – . . look loop * ‘a’ stands for ‘J’ and sounds like ‘o’ as in ‘come’. The same pattern applies to all other vowels. . . 4
Consonants (ǨÏÅ∞¡Å∞ : Hallulu) 36 Characters *k silk kh khaki g go gh ghost n prajna c church ch witch j jug t take th nilakantha d bird dh asadha n prana t tabala th thumb d though dh dhoti n nature Hõ Y QÆ Ñ¶¨∞V - . . . . . . . . . .- -. - K« Kè« [ @ ~î° _» _è» } `« ^äŒ ^Œ ^èŒ # * ‘k’ stands for ‘Hõ’ and sounds like ‘k’ as in ‘silk’. The same pattern applies to all other consonants. .c .capaK« .j .jabili[Î Î - - jh jhansi n sanjna ~ ~ -~°≠ & - -. 5
y young r rust l lump l kalimata v levy s sastry s ship s sun h home ksh raksha r error - - -. . . Ü«∞~° à◊ . Å = â◊+¨ ã¨ Ç¨Ï Hõ∆é p cup ph phone b bat bh bharat m month Ѩ Ѷ¨ | Éèí =∞ - Semi-Vowels or Semi-Consonants (LÉèíÜ«∂Hõ∆~åÅ∞: Ubhayaksharalu) (ã¨∞#fl = O – Sunna) (J~°ã¨∞#fl = ñ – Arasunna) (qã¨~°æ = ó - Visarga) Note: Five Telugu characters are not in general use. They are K« [ – – Í Í |∞∂ 6 .lu .lu- .c .j ru- . ´ ´
a come far a– i bit feel i – wood u How to write Vowels? JK«∞ÛÅ∞ U q^èŒOQÍ „"åÜ«∂e? u– cool ru . rusi root ru . . – . 7
e get ai mite e stake - o rotate o oat - au out some am half ah. . 8
k silk kh khaki gh ghost g go n prajna . c church ch witch j jug jh jhansi sanjna n~ How to write Consonants? ǨÏÅ∞¡Å∞ U q^èŒOQÍ „"åÜ«∂e? . – – ~ 9
t take th nilakantha . . d bird . dh asadha n prana . – t tabala th thumb d though dh dhoti n nature . . . . – – – . – 10
p cup ph phone b bat bh bharat m month young y r rust l lump l kalimata . – v levy s sastry – . – – 11 ´ ´
s s sun h home ksh raksha r error ship . . 12
How to write Vowels? For practice i a –a i– 13
–e e ru . –u u – ru . 14
ai o o– au am. ah. 15
How to write Consonants? For practice kh g k gh n. 16
c ch j jh n~ 17
t. th . d. dh . n. 18
t d dh n 19 th
p ph b bh m 20
y r l .l v 21
s s. s h k s h r. 22 ´
