Telugu/Transliteration

Lekhini (లేఖిని lEkhini) & IAST Lekhini is one of the most popular transliterators. IAST is considered the standard way to transliterate Indian scripts to Roman script, and unlike Lekhini, it uses accents. Vowels +Vowels Vowel Lekhini Transliteration IAST TransliterationEnglish phonetic pronunciation* IPA pronunciation అ a aPronounced like the 'u' in uncle /a/ ఆ aa āPronounced like the 'a' in card /ɑaː/ ఇ e iPronounced like the 'i' in kid /ɪ/ ఈ ee īPronounced like the 'ea' in eat /iː/ ఉ u uPronounced like the 'oo' in book /u/ ఊ uu ūPronounced like the 'oo' in too /uː/ ఋ ru r̥Pronounced as a rolled r /ru/ ౠ rruu r̥̄N/A** /ruː/ ఌ lu l̥N/A** /lu/ ౡ Lu l̥̄N/A** /luː/ ఎ ai ePronounced like the 'e' in end /e/ ఏ aai ēPronounced like the 'a' in age /eː/ ఐ i aiPronounced like the 'i' in high /ai/ ఒ o oPronounced like the 'o' in the British pronunciation of not /o/ ఓ Oo ōPronounced like the 'o' in over /oː/ ఔ owauPronounced like the 'ou' in the word fountain /au/ అం um aṃPronounced like the 'um' in the word rum /oː/ అః aha- aḥPronounced like the word uh-huh /aha/ The macron(line over the vowels) indicates that the vowel should be pronounced twice as long The circles under the character r and l indicate that they are to be pronounced as vowels, rather than consonants The dots under m and h indicate that they are being used to represent the symbols ం and ః respectively *The English phonetic pronunciation is only meant to act as an approximate guide, it may not represent Telugu pronunciation 100% accurately **These sounds are not used in modern Telugu Consonants +ConsonantsConsonantLekhini TransliterationIPA pronunciationIAST Transliterationకka/ka/kaఖKa, kha/kʰa/khaగga/ɡa/gaఘGa, gha/ɡʱa/ghaఙ~ma/ŋa/ṅaచca,cha/t͡ʃa/caఛCa, Cha/t͡ʃʰa/chaజja/d͡ʒa/jaఝJa/d͡ʒʱa/jhaఞ~na/ɲa/ñటTa/ʈa/ṭaఠTha/ʈʰa/ṭhaడDa/ɖa/ḍaఢDha/ɖʱa/ḍhaణNa/ɳa/ṇaతta/ta/taథtha/tʰa/thaదda/da/daధdha/dʱa/dhaనna/na/naపpa/pa/paఫPa, pha, fa/pʰa/phaబba/ba/baభBa, bha/bʱa/bhaమma/ma/maయya/ja/yaరra/ɾa/raలla/la/laవva, wa/ʋa/vaళLa, lha/ɭa/ḷaశSa/ʃa/śaషsha/ʂa/ṣaసsa/sa/saహha/ha/haఱ~ra/ra/ṟa The dots below consonants indicate a retroflex consonant(with the tongue curled back into the mouth) The accents on the various n sounds denote various points of pronunciation. Bandi Raa is no longer used in modern Telugu. Telugu Wikipedia