Telugu Alphabet Workbook - PDF 1

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TELUGU ALPHABET
Vowels (JK«∞Å
Û ∞: Acculu)

* a a– i i
J P W D
come far bit feel


u u– ru
. ru
.
L T |∞∞ |∞∂
wood cool .rusi. root

.lu .lu– e e– ai

look
Z U S loop get stake mite

o o– au
X F B rotate oat out

am
. ah.
JO Jó some half

* ‘a’ stands for ‘J’ and sounds like ‘o’ as in ‘come’. The same pattern applies to all other vowels.
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Consonants (ǨÏÅ∞¡Å∞ : Hallulu)
36 Characters
.
*
k kh g gh n
Hõ Y QÆ Ñ¶¨∞
silk -
khaki go ghost
V prajna
.

.c
Î Î c ch .j j

K« K« Kè« [
-
.capa church witch -
.jabili
[ jug

~
jh n
~°≠ & -
jhansi ~
sanjna

t. th
. d. dh
. n.
@ ~î° _» _è»
take
.
-
nilakantha
. bird - -
asadha
. .
} -
prana
.

t th d dh n
`« ^äŒ ^Œ ^èŒ
tabala thumb though -
dhoti
# nature

* ‘k’ stands for ‘Hõ’ and sounds like ‘k’ as in ‘silk’. The same pattern applies to all other consonants.
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p ph b bh m
Ѩ Ѷ¨ | Éèí =∞
cup phone bat bharat month

y r l l.
Ü«∞ ~° Å à◊
young rust lump -- -
kalimata
.

v s´ s. s
= â◊ +¨ ã¨
levy ´-
sastry ship sun

h ksh r.
Ç¨Ï Hõ∆ é home raksha error

Semi-Vowels or Semi-Consonants
– –
( LÉèÜ
í ∂« Hõ~∆ åÅ∞:: Ubhayaksharalu)

(ã¨∞#fl = O – Sunna) (J~°ã∞¨ #fl = ñ – Arasunna) (qã¨~æ° = ó - Visarga)


Note: Five Telugu characters are not in general use.
Í Í
They are K« [ |∞∂
ru-
.lu .lu- .c .j .
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JK«∞ÛÅ∞ U q^èOŒ QÍ „"åÜ«∂e?
How to write Vowels?

a a–

come far

i i

bit feel

u u

wood cool

ru
.

.rusi
.
ru–
.

root

7
-
e e

get stake

ai o

mite rotate

- au
o

oat out

am
.

some

ah.

half
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ǨÏÅ∞¡Å∞ U q^èOŒ QÍ „"åÜ«∂e?
How to write Consonants?
k kh

silk –
khaki
g gh

go ghost
.
n

.
prajna
c ch

church witch
j jh

jug –
jhansi
~
n

~
sanjna

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t. th
.


take nilakantha
.

d. dh
.

bird – –
asadha
. .
n.


prana
.
t th

tabala
thumb
d dh

though –
dhoti
n

nature
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p ph

cup phone

b bh

bat
bharat
m

month
y r

young rust

l l.

lump – – –
kalimata
.
v s´


levy ´
sastry
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s.

ship

sun

home

ksh

raksha

.r

error

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How to write Vowels?
For practice

a–


i

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u


u

.ru


.ru

e–

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ai


o

au

am
.

ah.

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How to write Consonants?
For practice

kh

gh

.
n

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c

ch

jh

~
n

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t.

th
.

d.

dh
.

n.

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t

th

dh

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p

ph

bh

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y

.l

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s.

k
s
h

.r

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