Kannada romanization table

by The Library of Congress

Kannada

Vowels and Diphthongs (see Note 1)

ಅa	ಌl̥
ಆā	ಎe
ಇi	ಏē
ಈī	ಐai
ಉu	ಒo
ಊū	ಓō
ಋr̥	ಔau
ೠr̥̄

Consonants (see Note 2)

Gutturals	Palatals	Cerebrals	Dentals
ಕka	ಚca	ಟṭa	ತta
ಖkha	ಥcha	ಠṭha	ಥtha
ಗga	ಚja	ಡḍa	ದda
ಘgha	ಝjha	ಢḍha	ಧdha
ಙṅa	ಞña	ಣṇa	ನna
Labials	Semivowels	Sibilants	Aspirate
ಪpa	ಯya	ಶśa	ಹha
ಫpha	ರra	ಷṣa
ಬba	ಱṟa	ಸsa
ಭbha	ಲla
ಮma	ಳḷa
	ೞl̤a
	ವva

Anusvāra (Bindu or Sonne) (see Note 3)	Visarga
◌ಂṃ	◌ಃḥ

Notes
1. Only the vowel forms that appear at the beginning of a syllable are listed; the forms used for vowels following a consonant can be found in grammars; no distinction between the two is made in transliteration.
2. The vowel a is implicit after all consonants and consonant clusters and is supplied in transliteration, with the following exceptions:

a) when another vowel is indicated by its appropriate sign; and

b) when the absence of any vowel is indicated by the superscript sign (◌್).

3. Exception: Anusvāra is transliterated by:

a) ṅ before gutturals,

b) ñ before palatals,

c) ṇ before cerebrals,

d) n before dentals, and

e) m before labials.