Kannada Alphabet - Vowels

Vowels

There are thirteen vowels (swaras).

Kannada ISO notation Unicode name
a KANNADA LETTER A
ā KANNADA LETTER AA
i KANNADA LETTER I
ī KANNADA LETTER II
u KANNADA LETTER U
ū KANNADA LETTER UU
KANNADA LETTER VOCALIC R
r̥̄ KANNADA LETTER VOCALIC RR
e KANNADA LETTER E
ē KANNADA LETTER EE
ai KANNADA LETTER AI
o KANNADA LETTER O
ō KANNADA LETTER OO
au KANNADA LETTER AU

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