Kannada Alphabet - Vowels

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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