Language/Kannada/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation

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

The Kannada alphabet (ಕನ್ನಡ ಲಿಪಿ) developed from the Kadamba and Cālukya scripts, descendents of Brahmi, which were used between the 5th and 7th centuries AD.

Under the influence of Christian missionary organizations, Kannada and Telugu scripts were standardized at the beginning of the XIX^th century.

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]

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