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Telugu

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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