Wiktionary talk:Telugu transliteration

, could you please supply the IPA for the three characters that have question marks instead? —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 23:19, 19 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Done. I should point out that the transliteration and IPA are for the first column only (independent vowel). For the letters in the second column, you have to put the consonant + the transliteration/IPA, as: అ /a/, క /ka/. Also, these letters that were left with /?/ are a bit problematic, in that their actual pronunciation depends on the environment. For the sake of convenience, their transliteration is simplified as indicated, but in reality, ం before a labial consonant nasalizes the preceding vowel and gives a sound like m (âmb). Before a dental consonant, n (ând). Before a velar, ŋ (âŋk), and so on. The letter ః (visarga) is an h followed by an echo of the vowel that precedes ః (aha, ehe, ihi, and so on). ఁ (chandrabindu) is a nasalizer like ం, and its vocalization likewise depends on the following consonant. —Stephen (Talk) 11:25, 20 February 2017 (UTC)