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Use base consonants only
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Labial
Coronal
Dorsal
Radical
Laryngeal
Bilabial
Labio-dental
Dental
Alveolar
Palato-alveolar
Retroflex
Palatal
Velar
Uvular
Pharyngeal
Epi-glottal
Glottal
Plosive
 p           t       ʈ       k      
 
 
 
 
  
 
Affricates
                 tʃ                  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
   m           n       ɳ            
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
                            
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
Tap, Flap
               ɾ                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
             s                               h  
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
       ʋ               ɻ   j                    
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
       l       ɭ            
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Front
Near-front
Central
Near-back
Back
 
Close
Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open
 
Front
Near-front
Central
Near-back
Back
 
Close
Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open
Selected languages: Tamil
UPSID number: 9003
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Dravidian, Dravidian
The languages has 27 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [p] [t] [ʈ] [k] [s] [tʃ] [ɾ] [l] [ɭ] [ʋ] [ɻ] [j] [m] [n] [ɳ] [iː] [i] [uː] [u] [eː] [e] [oː] [o] [ɜ] [aː] [ai] [h]
Comments:

Sources:

Kelley, G. 1963. Vowel phonemes and external vocalic
sandhi in Telugu. Journal of the American Oriental Society
83: 67-73.

Kostic, D., Mitter, A., and Krishnamurti, B. 1977. A Short
Outline of Telugu Phonetics. Indian Statistical Institute,
Calcutta.

Krishnamurti, B. 1961. Telugu Verbal Bases. University of
California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles.

Lisker, L. 1963. Introduction to Spoken Telugu. American
Council of Learned Societies, New York.

Sastry, J.V. 1972. Telugu Phonetic Reader. Central
Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore.