A PRIMER OF TELUGU CHARACTERS MANOHAR PUBLICATIONSA PRIMER OF TELUGU CHARACTERS EDWARD C. HILL MANOHAR PUBLICATIONSEditor's Introduction to the Indelogical Primers Series ‘one of ho absals idol ae, eeily tous tains ute he South A "omnes isthe ea of aional soups m manus iudente of Sant, Pali a8 the Pras in the Neth America an Europe ae ee expo ung ha formal aacation in tha clase! languages to sre ete than Devnagi Yet. the manuatiptetlogt Dubie by raves of Souh Aaa contain exertions of sgnizan txts prodomnanty ‘rexclavelyavalabienecipt thor an Osean, Te infofoge! Primers Series is ended o provi rdalogiete vit a working hnaeiedge ofthe varius sept owch cassia South ia tens ae coded The oe ito “aattte selinstucion inthe serie Cleary fn 9 veasing he ich varity of hand coding menesrpts nen single sept il requ close ark ith toca scholars and Eh vlume in the sis propa by 9 sho or whom he sx i ai OF ‘moroughy massed. The chaaciee a prossred in hordunting fo begin sequoia ‘onjnct consonants In aiton the voles rade passages text 2nd vaman Unive of Chicago LiveryThe Following presentation of the Tluge srt of the forms which are en- countered in modern prises texts In addition, many chly variant forms found otk ia Brinting and in manuscript ae aso ilstrated The fermion conceraog thee cate Er varlans a vell a fatermation on easly convention gov ‘Stnshrit in Telugu serot has been raw foom two sources Campbell, AD. A Grammer ofthe Teloogoo Language. (Madea, 1 Brown, CP. 4 Grammar of the Telugu Language, Second eit (otaaras, 1857) “The preeatation which follows i organized thematically rather than pedaporcally “Tnaceore the beat approach forthe with ao peor exposure tothe sergt fa Hot fo ‘cad through from start to finish Tai would encuesber the beginner with details on ‘variants before mastriog the basic fore. nstend the following sequcace of sad) 1 ‘recommended 1. Lea the shapes of the vowels. 2 Learn the shapes of al the consonants in combination wth she short vowel ‘given in he sononantvowel shat (5-2-3, 2. Learn the forms of the comonants ms. 304 m joined with all the vowels Presented in the cossonantnomel ent (oe. 29) the words withovt cojuncts on pages 12 and 13 referring othe Wanaitrtion andthe consonant-tomel chart when nectar. Study the material on conjnetconsooasts om page 6 earning thoroughly the secondary forms of the e ‘lastrated atthe bottom ot the page eed through the Informa sf conjunc consonant (9 Stuy the examples with conjuset consoaants (0. Read the iatormatin oo anuvare (p10) Study the words with conjonct consonants (pp. 1415). Carefully stay the tea ‘0 finish paying award C. Mil Dictionary of American ‘Regional Eagion University of Waconia Ma ‘3706‘THE TELUGU CHARACTERS, Vowel Characters: Consonant! «= Slag sls Tap ae ee ca TS) TAPES Teel "rye sgn «=, when sritten above a comoaan, is equivalea wo the Devanaga! iam ang danotet a sobeonsat with no following vowelge Peet. fo fe be ba bs to & by a ali te thie bb 4's # ea 2 a hale aie ae Pe OM 28 heen ar cee ge OF ¥ a OF a i We BER EES EEF # eee fasts a fg BREGRS Ss oS 222499 BB war aeare gy acae3Ga 3H be ae bbb bb acter oa Ba Hee be ete hs Be ebow db ahow mb wo 275 ah en th DosbatAgeaaats BOR ew i oO Ie i be [6 € ‘Stmbnaica withthe coomeuat 6°bobbkbbeohhhkhebbhheekhs ejb bbbeeeeokapebaghohburh bh he} 1) 2) ey FF 1 Oh rad dF [BO VVEDEOCS KA pw GoD Ae A ehD FOS Oro FOS ee IE TY 0 Owe ewe Hf or wel PSTN SERAEY BORFP bbb bop ey PEC CTC PHRTAAT CTA FOF sal MS ESED ES SES OEGTESSGPAGLES tet z = I= B88GRGGISADRABAAGZ a8 FAL Ba OSes osGGRagag JoVIesahrad MQ oC eS DTOSCORaaRGaZ OVA Aaho of WS bb bbb eR bRDhEbERED Oh bah Zesvugveagrunasagodurdnh rw Bot bo te bet hee de“The consonant-vowe cos be Foued ia moderates te ane older manvsciots ‘The most common se of vacant occurs when the vowel. & 0 it aed toa consonant, we ual vowel sgn ae In BF ho a ‘exemplified inthe chart hove by Sars mo.and clo Jo. Te sieoappenre ty “= yy for example [elt [= F=Fe ge [8 [ast faa me fat feat fao> far ro [ar | st ar lwo far | st > oft lat fae lar ho | foes Pt ts crt wets 8 consoaats may Ue found a combination with te altratve forms rtm mers tents te vata Yor are toa oneal a tnd Examples with variant forme of & | artisan arte 580 STG Bao: ertdy trtéoe faqagag‘The next set of variants concerns the Inwead of he wal vonel ian? (Compare aa yin the co Tae bo mt [At] Bo fam jac fet] [a is ft [ie [ict In madera texts the variant * —> i confiaed the sabe mf Examples wth variant form of 4 2 sign $ or o~ on the tc oe edor nt Ts wl Sls be same ale {The same wpe ‘anole eunn at eangoate bye and Qj, > Note the sate oe “The modern convention i to apeten Sans © a by the one Telus foros 38 Ine Simnie S89, 4 ‘The symbol is often found instead of Sa Instead of § tf a writen inthe chart above, § is aso tobe FoundThe Secoedary Forms When compared with Devantaar, the repreen luster i Totes Erawhere each consonant usally has a single secondacy (3m which mot often Slow reembaace orm. The secondary forms are written below o which precedes them. The vows 5 writen the first consoqant of a guster though i stead fllowing the robecribed Con Fer example, Gy smd. Qh GS wu mS 8 le 8 Fle é Fe is "1 8 Pe : 8 le 4 I | 3 = 5 ns remaining iM comonans have secondary forms which do wot resemble heir [uae Ay 3‘Conjunct Consonants, TRS Cm Fr te ot ge Tm Bo The secondary form of $5 m may abo be writen . Thus Sop or ay mmo ‘Toe secondary foram of Er, while saualy written as __,, may ao be found s+ or }in printed texte That thé following varoats re [8 [oa [ee |] so] pe weer [oe jos: los [ear | bys: When 5° ri the fist consonant ina cluster the symbol <~ may be uted intend, Tn ‘his case iti written om the line fllawing the Second consonants for empl aE) word | 9d ee ae draco | urge catenye_| atte | séesen | agSao ‘The somewhat rate combination of Sr folowed by 2a50 r may be writes in any ot three ways wre | Oe | amen [age neptiy | AR | semea:| aga: alee PE HAY be then oF he yb White normally wrtan fe ase‘Some Examples Contalaiog Conjunet Coasoaaats, wate AE e lye 7 og veh wer | any sapere | PERT | 8G atmajan | om | oder cradman | OT | HQ drama | oT | USA cittan | fost do vaitaine | wm | Say pe | OT ong avers | aR S38 the sw | eg patnt oct ody ome | oe we feat we be sine aan ary jystee | eer | age wattver | BT | 6ds0 tatkganam | TAT | SGOS vartenger | wet | FasoFurther Variants Lovolving Conjenet when the vowels Fa, «and 4 @ follow the secondary form of OS y that i |S, the secondary form of fhe vowel may be writen atached to {§tstend of Geng a ‘Boned tothe peeeding primary fore ary = xs > om = 45 % nyt a arg he vowel Ey ey written ae > ot he Sis ote a5 nye, ar Byamples showing £5 ototiowing 8x rena Ses Day: ary soy | oS enyenye, waryss | LASS sahyoahay warye: | ware: gyeyeh ebagao: | etepan: oe th entoagssenongcn wlan @ fallow tat form of oo Shrtbae iy yy oF sayy vom. NG oF Sep mmdon ae curently sed to reprint a homergani nasal preceding 2 stop consonant in Telogu sept. The fist iso ae fhe symbol O. called sua, before 4s in'v manner emily analogous to tne set the Devanagatanssscta (Const WD Whe nop, Sonsris Grammar TS) The second lego write out toe prtcuas clue nas, The ‘Stang convention i the sider and pernaps stil the mort canon, The Satna Some ‘Snton i's 180 century Iengvaton owiay to imautaion ot Devandgal teva and fo ‘ed mainly in scholarly edition Tn the reading parages on pages and the sna hivenion i ad ip the Bhaparadpes ‘ed the sae oat othe Bramerstataibare bhajan ln the chat below, the somaa tcanliteraton, who show sats ass, doesnot sre vy apply othe Telog Srit examples inthe fourth eluma which are shone, The ne {eliionip holds between the Telegu script version ofthe Bhagonadga given here adof. lays] 2 Paras elele|e lores oe jolsls numeral for nine writen a8 € is sometimes alia written a8 —e. 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