Kannada alphabets ( ಕನ್ನಡ ವರ್ಣಮಾಲೆ )
Get to know the basics of the Kannada language in this article. Find out the 49 characters in Kannada language vowels and consonants in the written form of Kannada language.
The kannada alphabet has 49 letters. Below are the alphabets with pronunciation
Kannada alphabets has 14 alphabets, The vowels ಐ and ಔ can be considered diphthongs.
ಸ್ವರಗಳು (Vowels)
ಅ ಆ ಇ ಈ ಉ ಊ ಋ ೠ ಎ ಏ ಐ ಒ ಓ ಔ ಅಂ ಅಃ
a A i I u U Ru RU e E ai o O au M H
There are five groups of consonants with 5 letters each.
ವರ್ಗೀಯ ವ್ಯಂಜನಗಳು (Grouped Consonants)
ಕ ಖ ಗ ಘ ಙ
ka kha ga Ga ~ga
ಚ ಛ ಜ ಝ ಞ
ca Ca ja jha ~ja
ಟ ಠ ಡ ಢ ಣ
Ta Tha Da Dha Na
ತ ಥ ದ ಧ ನ
ta tha da dha na
ಪ ಫ ಬ ಭ ಮ
pa pha Ba bha ma
There are nine or ten miscellaneous consonants (we show ten). Some people discount the consonant ಕ್ಷ (kSha) because it is really a combination of the consonants ಕ (ka) and ಷ (Sha).
ಅವರ್ಗೀಯ ವ್ಯಂಜನಗಳು (Miscellaneous Consonants)
ಯ ರ ಲ ವ ಶ ಷ ಸ ಹ ಳ ಕ್ಷ
ya ra la wa sha Sha sa ha La kSha
