ANGLO-TELUGU ALPHABET.
Letters.
Of the 56 letters of the Telugu alphabet, 51 are used in this Dictionary, and they may be represented in the Roman character as follows:
Vowels.
| అ a, as in delta. | ౠ rí, as in ream. |
| ఆ á, as in father. | ఎ e, as e in mendicant. |
| ఇ i, as in pin. | ఏ é, as e in grey. |
| ఈ í, as in pique. | ఐ ai, as ai in aisle. |
| ఉ u, as oo in good. | ఒ o, as o in police. |
| ఊ ú, as oo in food. | ఓ ó, as o in story. |
| ఋ ri, as in rill. | ఔ au, as ou in foul. |
| ం Anuswara m or n. | ః Visarga-h. |
Consonants.
Gutturals.
క k, as k in king.
ఖ kh, aspirate of the preceding as kh in pack-horse,
గ g, as g in garden.
ఘ gh, aspirate of the preceding as gh in gig-horse.
n, as ng in angle.
హ h, as h in hunger.
