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Telugu
sarvabhshin
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The Telugu letters and words described in this book are each
accompanied by a pronunciation key in the International
Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Please refer to these IPA keys for the
exact pronunciation of a Telugu letter or word.
The IPA is a scientific notation used for accurately transcribing
the sounds of most human languages. More about the IPA can
be found at http://www.yorku.ca/earmstro/ipa/ and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipa .
The similarities described in this book between the
pronunciations of Telugu letters and corresponding English
letters are onlyguidelines and should be considered as such.
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k
This letter has a sound similar to
k in skip
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This letter has a sound similar to
g in go
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These are the letters weve just seen
k
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p
This letter has a sound similar to
p in speak
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b
This letter has a sound similar to
b in bat
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These are the letters weve seen so far
k
p b
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This letter has a sound similar to
tch in catch
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This letter has a sound similar to
dge in badge
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These are the letters weve seen so far
k
p b
The sounds of these letters are all called consonants
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Heres a vowel sound
This vowel sounds similar to
u in cut
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Look at these letters
k
p b
The sounds of these letters are made up of a consonantanda vowel
Notice how the letters look slightly different from their original shape?
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In short
k
- =
k
p p
b b
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Heres another vowel
iThis vowelsounds similar to
i in pin
This vowel has a special sign of its own
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Now look at these combo letters,
each having the sound of a consonant plus a vowel
ki i
pi bi
i i
Again, notice the difference from the original shape of the basic letter?
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In short
k
- + =
ki
i
p pi
b bi
i
i
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And another vowel
uThis vowel sounds similar to
u in bull
This vowel, too, has a special sign of its own
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And some new combo letters,
with their shape slightly changed from the original
ku u
pu bu
u u
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And again, in short
k
- + =
ku
u
p pu
b bu
u
u
Get the idea?!
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Notice the slightly different shapes of these letters,
compared to the others
pu
u
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These are all the various basic and combo letters weve seen thus far
k k ki ku
i u
p p pi pu
b b bi bu
i u
i u
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These letters look somewhat similar
i u
b b bi bu
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When two letters come one after the other
and the first one has no vowel sound,
that is, it is aletter,
then the second letter is written in a mini version
below the first one
k k
+
=
p i pi
+ =
bu bu
+ =
b b
+ =
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Note that in such cases,
any vowel or other signs originally belonging to the second letter
are written attached to the firstletter
k k
+ = p i pi
+ = bu bu
+ = b b
+ = Its as if the first and the second letter together
form a new joint letter
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Here are the mini versions
of all the letters weve seen so far
When the second letter has no vowel
+
k
=
k
p p
b b
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When the second letter has the vowel
+
k
=
k
p p
b b
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When the second letter has the vowel i
+
ki
=
ki
i i
pi pi
bi bi
i i
i i
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And when the second letter has the vowel u
+
ku
=
ku
u u
pu pu
bu bu
u u
u u
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To sum up, the mini versions are special forms
that appear after a letter having
These mini versions can occur in the middle or at the end of a word,
but never at the beginning
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j
This letter has a sound similar to
y in yo-yo
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r
This letter has a sound similar to
r in Italian Roma
This is a rolled /r/, as in Spanish or Italian
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l
This letter has