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Charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Telugu pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and {{section link|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation#Entering IPA characters}}.

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! colspan="5"| Consonants

IPATeluguISO 15919ExamplesApproximate English equivalent
{{IPA link|b}}

| బ

bబలంstyle="text-align:left;" | abash
{{IPA|b}}{{IPA link|ʱ}}

| భ

bhభ‌ద్ర‌తాstyle="text-align:left;" | clubhouse
{{IPA link|d̪|d}}

| ద

dదాహంstyle="text-align:left;" | do (dental), the (Th-stopping)
{{IPA|d}}{{IPA link|ʱ}}

| ధ​

dhధరstyle="text-align:left;" | redhead (dental), that (Th-stopping)
{{IPA link|ɖ}}

| డ

ḍడబ్బుstyle="text-align:left;" | guard
{{IPA|ɖ}}{{IPA link|ʱ}}

| ఢ

ḍhఢీకొనుstyle="text-align:left;" | American birdhouse
{{IPA link|dʒ}}

| జ

jజగత్తుstyle="text-align:left;" | jest
{{IPA|dʒ}}{{IPA link|ʱ}}

| ఝ

jhఝళిపించుstyle="text-align:left;" | hedgehog
{{IPAlink|dz}}~{{IPAlink|z}}

| ౙ

ĵౙతstyle="text-align:left;" | beds
{{IPA link|j}}

| య​

yయథార్థంstyle="text-align:left;" | yak
{{IPA link|ɡ}}

| గ

gగోధుమstyle="text-align:left;" | agate
{{IPA|ɡ}}{{IPA link|ʱ}}

| ఘ

ghఘాటుstyle="text-align:left;" | loghouse
{{IPA link|ɦ}}

| హ

hహరితంstyle="text-align:left;" | ahead
{{IPA link|k}}

| క​

kకత్తిstyle="text-align:left;" | scan
{{IPA|k}}{{IPA link|ʰ}}

| ఖ​

khఖరారుstyle="text-align:left;" | can
{{IPA link|l}}

| ల

lలబ్ధిstyle="text-align:left;" | leaf
{{IPA link|ɭ}}

| ళ

ḷమళ్ళీstyle="text-align:left;" | Southern US: parlor
{{IPA link|m}}

| మ

mమనస్సుstyle="text-align:left;" | much
{{IPA link|n}}

| న

nనైరుతిstyle="text-align:left;" | not
{{IPA link|ɳ}}

| ణ

ṇగణితంstyle="text-align:left;" | Southern US: internet
{{IPA link|ɲ}}

| ఞ

ñజ్ఞానం
(combination of జ and ఞ)		style="text-align:left;" | canyon
{{IPA link|ŋ}}

| ఙ

ṅవాఙ్మయంstyle="text-align:left;" |wing
{{IPA link|p}}

| ప

pపోరాటంstyle="text-align:left;" | span
{{IPA|p}}{{IPA link|ʰ}}

| ఫ

phఫలితముstyle="text-align:left;" | pin
{{IPA link|ɾ}}

| ర

rరక్తంstyle="text-align:left;" | three
{{IPA link|r}}The alveolar trill {{IPA|[r]}} may occur as an allophone of either [{{IPA link|ɻ}}] or [{{IPA link|d}}] in some positions.

| ఱ

ṟఎఱుగుstyle="text-align:left;" | Scottish: curd
{{IPA link|s}}

| స

sసజావుstyle="text-align:left;" |save
{{IPA|{{IPAlink|ʃ}}}}

| శ

śశరీరంstyle="text-align:left;" |mosh
{{IPA link|ʂ}}

| ష

ṣపరిషత్style="text-align:left;" | American:

worship

{{IPA link|t̪|t}}

| త

tతరువాతstyle="text-align:left;" | at (dental), think (Th-stopping)
{{IPA|t}}{{IPA link|ʰ}}

| థ​

thకథ​నంstyle="text-align:left;" | tip (dental), thought (Th-stopping)
{{IPA link|ʈ}}

| ట

ṭబాటstyle="text-align:left;" | art
{{IPA|ʈ}}{{IPA link|ʰ}}

| ఠ

ṭhఠీవిstyle="text-align:left;" | American: partake
{{IPA link|tʃ}}

| చ​

cచంద్రుడుstyle="text-align:left;" | catch
{{IPA|tʃ}}{{IPA link|ʰ}}

| ఛ

chఛాయstyle="text-align:left;" | choose
{{IPAlink|ts}}

| ౘ

ĉౘట్టిstyle="text-align:left;" | bets
{{IPAlink|ʋ}}

|వ

vవరిstyle="text-align:left;" |Vine in Indian English
{{IPAlink|ɻ}}Absent in modern Telugu.

|ఴ

ḻతమిఴ్style="text-align:left;" | right

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! colspan="5"| Vowels

IPA

! Telugu

! ISO 15919

! Example

! English approximation

{{IPA link|ä|a}}

| అ, మ

| a

| అమ్మ

| style="text-align:left;" |cutCloser to cut in most North American, Australian and New Zealand accents.

{{IPA link|ä|aː}}

| ఆ, మా

| ā

| ఆట

| style="text-align:left;" | father

{{IPA link|i}}

| ఇ, మి

| i

| ఇప్పుడు

| style="text-align:left;" | dill

{{IPA link|i|iː}}

| ఈ, మీ

| ī

| ఈనాడు

| style="text-align:left;" | feet

{{IPA link|u}}

| ఉ, ము

| u

| ఉమ్మడి

| style="text-align:left;" | foot

{{IPA link|u|uː}}

| ఊ, మూ

| ū

| ఊరు

| style="text-align:left;" | cool

{{IPA link|e̞|e}}

| ఎ, మె

| e

| ఎగుమతి

| style="text-align:left;" | yell

{{IPA link|e̞|eː}}

| ఏ, మే

| ē

| ఏలు

| style="text-align:left;" | Yale

{{IPA|aɪ̯}}

| ఐ, మై

| ai

| ఐక్యత

| style="text-align:left;" | kite

{{IPA link|o̞|o}}

| ఒ, మొ

| o

| ఒప్పందం

| style="text-align:left;" | story (short)

{{IPA link|o̞|oː}}

| ఓ, మో

| ō

| ఓపిక

| style="text-align:left;" | story (long)

{{IPA|aʊ̯}}

| ఔ, మౌ

| au

| ఔషధం

| style="text-align:left;" | house

{{IPA link|r̩}}

| ఋ, మృ

| r̥

| ఋతువు

| style="text-align:left;" | rule

{{IPA link|l̩}}

|ఌ, కౢ

|l̥

|కౢప్తము

|style="text-align:left| Ankle

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! colspan="5"| Other symbols{{cite web |title=Telugu alphabet, pronunciation and language |url=https://www.omniglot.com/writing/telugu.htm |website=www.omniglot.com |publisher=Omniglot}}

IPA

! Telugu

! ISO 15919

! Example

! English approximation

{{IPAlink|h}}

| ః

| aḥ

| style="text-align:left;" | అంతఃకరణ

| style="text-align:left;" | head

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! colspan="3"| Suprasegmentals

IPA

! Notes

{{IPA link|ˈ|ˈ◌}}

| colspan=2 style="text-align:left;" | stress
(placed before stressed syllable)

{{IPA link|ː|◌ː}}

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | doubled consonant
(placed after doubled consonant)

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Notes

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See also

  • {{clc|Pages with Telugu IPA|pages}}

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