Vowels
There are thirteen vowels (swaras).
Kannada | ISO notation | Unicode name |
---|---|---|
ಅ | a | KANNADA LETTER A |
ಆ | ā | KANNADA LETTER AA |
ಇ | i | KANNADA LETTER I |
ಈ | ī | KANNADA LETTER II |
ಉ | u | KANNADA LETTER U |
ಊ | ū | KANNADA LETTER UU |
ಋ | r̥ | KANNADA LETTER VOCALIC R |
ೠ | r̥̄ | KANNADA LETTER VOCALIC RR |
ಎ | e | KANNADA LETTER E |
ಏ | ē | KANNADA LETTER EE |
ಐ | ai | KANNADA LETTER AI |
ಒ | o | KANNADA LETTER O |
ಓ | ō | KANNADA LETTER OO |
ಔ | au | KANNADA LETTER AU |
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“These equal syllables alone require,
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“As no one can tell what was the Roman pronunciation, each nation makes the Latin conform, for the most part, to the rules of its own language; so that with us of the vowels only A has a peculiar sound.”
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