(that is tya-gam, a dissyllable) separation మర్యద manner జ్యోతిష jyo-ti-sha astrological.
The illiterate Telugus often change the broad vowel E into Ya. Thus పేట pēta suburbs is wrongly written ప్యాట pya-ta. The verb to do చేయడం chēyadam, is vulgarly written and pronounced చ్యాయడం chya-ya-dam.
The letter R has three sounds and several shapes. The vowel R though declared by grammarians to differ from the consonant R in sound, is not perceptibly diverse. For the sake of distinction some call ర the common R, because the letter ఱ (now obsolete) is the uncommon form.
Those who prefer the obsolete letter spell gurram, carra, parra, barrĕ (a horse, a stick, a fen, a she buffalo) in this manner గుఱ్ఱం, కఱ్ఱ, పఱ్ఱ, బఱ్ఱె but the better spelling is గుర్ర, కర్ర, పర్ర, బర్రె which all understand at once while the uncommon form (commonly called బండి రెఫ bandi repha, or large R) is found only in a few manuscripts of poems. Indeed the shape ఱ as already pointed out is now used for the vowel U and accordingly ఱ॥ is the usual contraction for the word ఉత్తరుపు an answer.
In the English words art, part, short, hard, curl, girl, pearl we do not pronounce the R because followed by another consonant. But in the languages of India the R in such places must be distinctly enunciated, (in the Scoth manner) or natives will not understand what we say. Example:— కర్త carta, lord కర్మం carmam deed, (
Telugu characters) purn'a full సర్పం sarpam a serpent (Telugu characters) archacudu a priest.
