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except O, and as examples of words witn final O are not generally found in the Dravidian languages, that tendency of shortening final vowels is a common characteristic of both.
| Skt. | Avest. | Tel. |
| Se'na' | Haena | ( Telugu characters)(se'na)
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| Pita' | Pita | (Telugu characters) (pita)
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| Na'ri' | Nairios | (Telugu characters)(na'ri)
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| Dasya | Dahyu | (Telugu characters)(dasyuvu)
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The final 'o' of the nom. sing corresponding to the final 's' of words in Sanskrit is found in the Avesta itself to change into (Telugu characters)(ao) and au. It will be found that this final o of the nom. sing, is found in the Sauraseni Prakrit also and occurs as u in the Apabhramsa, Modern Marathi and Sindhi, Old western Hindi and Old Panjabi. The final o is changed in Kanarese into (Kannada characters) (a u) with an intervening (Kannada characters) (v) making (Kannada characters) (avu). Old Telugu shows this (Telugu characters) (avu) which
