Telugu script

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Telugu
The syllable ka in Telugu
ka in Telugu
Distribution area of ​​Telugu
Font Abugida
languages Telugu
Used in Andhra Pradesh , Telangana
ancestry Protosinaitic script
 →  Phoenician script
  →  Aramaic script
   →  Brahmic script
    →  Telugu
particularities Belongs to the Indian font family.
The word Telugu in Telugu script

The Telugu script is an Abugida , which belongs to the South Indian Dravidian scripts.

It is used in India (federal states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana ) and is very closely related to the Kannada script , from which it differs mainly in its slimmer forms.

Similarities with other Indian scripts

Indian phonetics

As with all Indian scripts, every syllable has the inherent vowel "a" ( ka, kha, ga ...), which is changed to other vowels (' ki, khi, ghi' ...) with additional characters .

As with the other Indian scripts, the sounds are sorted according to phonetic criteria:

The vowels come first , then after the point of articulation (starting from the throat):

  1. Gutturals
  2. Palatal
  3. Retroflex (cerebral)
  4. Dental
  5. Labials

At the end of the table you will find:

These groups with five syllable characters are then subdivided into toneless (unaspirated - aspirated), sounding (unaspirated - aspirated) and one nasal each.

Sanskrit text written in different scripts: "May Shiva bless whoever pleases the language of the gods." ( Kalidasa ).

character

Consonants

ka / kʌ / kha / kʰʌ / ga / gʌ / gha / gʱʌ / ṅa / ŋʌ /
ca / ʧʌ / cha / ʧʰʌ / yes / ʤʌ / jha / ʤʱʌ / ña / ɲʌ /
ṭa / ʈʌ / ṭha / ʈʰʌ / ḍa / ɖʌ / ḍha / ɖʱʌ / ṇa / ɳʌ /
ta / tʌ / tha / tʰʌ / da / dʌ / dha / dʱʌ / na / nʌ /
pa / pʌ / pha / pʰʌ / ba / bʌ / bha / bʱʌ / ma / mʌ /
ya / jʌ / ra / rʌ / la / lʌ / va / ʋʌ / ḷa / ɭʌ /
śa / ɕʌ / ṣa / ʂʌ / sa / sʌ / ha / hʌ / ṛa / ɽʌ /

Vowels

At the beginning of the word After consonant, e.g. B. (ka)
a / ʌ / ka
ā / a: / కా
i / i / కి ki
ī / i: / కీ
u / u / కు ku
ū / u: / కూ
ṛ / rɨ / or / ru / కృ kṛ
ṝ / ri: / or / ru: / కౄ kṝ
e / e / కె ke
ē / e: / కే
ai / aj / కై kai
o / o / కొ ko
ō / o: / కో
au / aw / కౌ chew
అం aṃ / aṃ / కం came
అః aḥ / aḥ / కః kaḥ

Telugu in Unicode

Unicode for Telugu is U + 0C00 ... U + 0C7F.

0 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 A. B. C. D. E. F.
C00
C10
C20
C30 ి
C40
C50
C60
C70 ౿
  1. a b c d e f g h i j k l Code point is not assigned

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