Telugu script
Telugu script, an
abugida from the
Brahmic family of scripts, is used to write
Telugu, a
Dravidian Language found in the
Southern Indian states of
Andhra Pradesh and
Tamil Nadu, as well as several other neighboring states.
Telugu uses 14
vowels, each of which has both a singular form and a diacritic form used with
consonants to create
syllables. It is important to note that this language
does make a distinction between
short and long vowels.
| Vowel (singular form) | అ | ఆ | ఇ | ఈ | ఉ | ఊ | ఋ | ౠ | ఎ | ఏ | ఐ | ' | " | - style="border-bottom:1px solid #999;" | Vowel (diacritic form) | | ా | ి | ీ | ు | ూ | ృ | ౄ | ె | ే | ై | ొ | ో | - class="IPA" | Pronunciation (IPA) | [a] | [aː] | [i] | [iː] | [u] | [uː] | [ri/ru] | [riː/ruː] | [e] | [eː] | [aj] | [o] | [oː] | [aw] |
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The singular form is used when the vowel occurs at the beginning of a word or syllable, or is a complete syllable in itself (example: a, u, o). The diacritic form is added to consonants (represented by the dotted circle) to form a consonant-vowel syllable (example: ka, kru, mo). It should be noted that అ does not have a diacritic form, because this vowel is already inherent in all of the consonants. The other diacritic vowels are added to consonants to change their pronunciation to that of the vowel.
Examples:
ఖ + ఈ (ీ) ' ఖీ
[kʰa] + [iː] ' [kʰiː]జ + ఉ (ు) ' జు
[d'a] + [u] ' [d'u]There are also several other diacritics used in the Telugu script. ్ mutes the vowel of a consonant, so that only the consonant is pronounced. ం and ఁ nasalize the vowels or syllables to which they are attached. ః adds a voiceless breath after the vowel or syllable it is attached to.
Examples:
క + ్ ' క్
[ka] + [Ø] ' [k]క + ఁ ' కఁ
[ka] + [n] ' [kan]క + ం ' కం
[ka] + [m] ' [kam]క + ః ' కః
[ka] + [h] ' [kah]
The
Unicode range for Telugu is U+0C00 ... U+0C7F.
| | | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | | C00 | | ఀ | ఁ | ం | ః | ఄ | అ | ఆ | ఇ | ఈ | ఉ | ఊ | ఋ | ఌ | | ఎ | ఏ |
| C10 | | ఐ | | ' | " | " | క | ఖ | గ | ఘ | ఙ | చ | ఛ | జ | ఝ | ఞ | ట |
| C20 | | ఠ | డ | ఢ | ణ | త | థ | ద | ధ | న | | ప | ఫ | బ | భ | మ | య |
| C30 | | ర | ఱ | ల | ళ | ఴ | వ | శ | ష | స | హ | | | ఼ | ఽ | ా | ి |
| C40 | | ీ | ు | ూ | ృ | ౄ | | ె | ే | ై | | ొ | ో | ౌ | ్ | | |
| C50 | | | | ' | " | " | ౕ | ౖ | | ౘ | ౙ | ౚ | | | ౝ | | |
| C60 | | ౠ | ౡ | ౢ | ౣ | | | ౦ | ౧ | ౨ | ౩ | ౪ | ౫ | ౬ | ౭ | ౮ | ౯ |
| C70 | | | | | | | | | ౷ | ౸ | ౹ | ౺ | ౻ | ౼ | ౽ | ౾ | ౿ |
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Telugu Association Inc. Sydney Australia. Celebration of Telugu Culture in Sydney *
Omniglot - Telugu script*
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