Language/Kannada/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation

Kannada is a Dravidian language spoken mainly by the people of Karnataka in the southwestern region of India.

Vowels

Letter	Diacritic	ISO	IPA
ಅ	◌	a	[a]
ಆ	ಾ	ā	[aː]
ಇ	ಿ	i	[i]
ಈ	ೀ	ī	[iː]
ಉ	ು	u	[u]
ಊ	ೂ	ū	[uː]
ಋ	ೃ	rū	[rɨ]
ಎ	ೆ	e	[e]
ಏ	ೇ	ē	[eː]
ಐ	ೈ	ai	[eʲ]
ಒ	ೊ	o	[o]
ಓ	ೋ	ō	[oː]
ಔ	ೌ	au	[oʷ]

Consonants

Letter	IPA
ಕ	[ka]
ಖ	[kʰa]
ಗ	[ɡa]
ಘ	[ɡʱa]
ಙ	[ŋa]
ಚ	[tʃa]
ಛ	[tʃʰa]
ಜ	[dʒa]
ಝ	[dʒʱa]
ಞ	[ɲa]
ಟ	[ʈa]
ಠ	[ʈʰa]
ಡ	[ɖa]
ಢ	[ɖʱa]
ಣ	[ɳa]
ತ	[t̪a]
ಥ	[t̪ʰa]
ದ	[d̪a]
ಧ	[d̪ʱa]
ನ	[n̪a]
ಪ	[pa]
ಫ	[pʰa]
ಬ	[ba]
ಭ	[bʱa]
ಮ	[ma]
ಯ	[ja]
ರ	[ra]
ಲ	[l̪a]
ವ	[ʋa]
ಶ	[ça]
ಷ	[ʂa]
ಸ	[sa]
ಹ	[ħa]
ಳ	[ɭa]

Kannada Online Virtual Keyboard