Telugu script evolved from the Brahmic family of scripts , during ancient period of South Asia[1]. During this period alphabets was used for both Telugu and Kannada language. However, between 1100 CE and 1400 CE, Kannada-Telugu alphabet split into two separate alphabets.
At present, Telugu is the official language of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana[2][3]. Besides, it is also spoken in Odisha, Karnataka, Tamil nadu, Kerala, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, and Andaman and Nicobar Island.
Telugu Vowel Letters
Vowels in Telugu are also called అచ్చులు (Atchulu). It can either be pronounced on its own or can be combined with consonants to make a final sound.
Telugu Vowels can further be classified into independent and dependent vowels. Independent vowels are placed before consonants. Dependent vowels, on the other hand, can be placed either after, on top, or below a consonant.
Independent Vowels:
Dependent Vowels:
Telugu Consonant Letters
Consonant in Telugu are also called `హల్లులు (Hallulu)`.There are 36 pure consonants letters in Telugu script and it have to be combined with a vowels to determine the final sound.
Telugu Digits
Like most of the Devanagari and Dravidian Scripts, Telugu has its own symbols to denote number and digits instead of the latin number. However, at present, either the Arabic or Latin numerals have replaced them.
Telugu Fractions And Weights
Additional Vowels for Sanskrit
Additional Tamil Character use in Sanskrit
Historic Tamil Phonetic Variants
Telugu Special Character Letters
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
References:
- [1] Unicode Consortium. "Telugu". The Unicode Standard, Version 15.0. Retrieved from https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0C00.pdf
- [2] Government of Andhra Pradesh. "Official Language Act". Retrieved from https://www.ap.gov.in/language/
- [3] Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs. "Languages". Retrieved from Census of India 2011
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