looks as if it was all one word. But in printing it will be found very easy to separate the words as is done in English.
The mark । is used to seperate lines of poetry; and elsewhere and ॥ equivalent to the comma and period. In some Telugu printing the English stops (,;.?!—) have been introduced with good effect.
A letter is called అక్షరం axaram. An aspirated letter is called ఒత్తు or ఒత్తక్షరం.
THE ALPHABET
Vowels.
అ ă ఆ ā ఇ ĭ ఈ ī ఉ ŭ (or (
Telugu characters) ŭ) ఊ ū (or (Telugu characters) ū) ఋ rū ౠ rū ఌ lu ఎ ĕ ఏ ē ఐ ai ఒ ŏ ఓ ō ఔ au.
Consonants.
- క ca ఖ kha గ ga ఘ gha ఙ gna
- చ cha ఛ chha జ ja ఝ jha ఞ jna
- ట ta ఠ tha డ da ఢ dha ణ na (hard)
- త ta థ tha ద da ధ dha న na (soft)
- ప pa ఫ pha బ ba భ bha మ ma
Miscellaneous.
- య ya ర ra ల la ళ la వ va
- శ sa ష sha స sa హ ha క్ష xa (
Telugu characters) srī.
Numerals.
| ౧ | ౨ | ౩ | ౪ | ౫ | ౬ | ౭ | ౮ | ౯ | ౧౦ | ౧౮౩౭ |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 1837. |
The first 25 consonants are arranged in sets (called వర్గం vargam) of five in each: and on arranging these, as usual, in five lines we shall observe that the first and third letter in each line, is sim-
