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Help:IPA/Kannada

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The charts below show ways in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents the Kannada language in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

Vowels
IPA Kannada ISO 15919[1] Meaning Approximate English

equivalent[2]

ɐ ಅಗ್ನಿ agni 'fire' about
ɑː ಆನೆ āne 'elephant' father
i ಇಲಿ ili 'mouse' sit
ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ īruḷḷi 'onion' even
ʊ ಉಪ್ಪು uppu 'salt' foot
ಊಟ ūta 'meal' loot
ɾ͜ɯ ಋಷಿ ṣi 'sage' almost like Scottish truth
(ʲ)e ಎಲೆ (y)ele 'leaf' yes
(ʲ)eː ಏಡಿ (y)ēḍi 'crab' German ger
aɪ̯ ಐದು aidu 'five' ice
(ʷ)o ಒಣ (w)oṇa 'dry' British English want
(ʷ)oː ಓಲೆ (w)ōle 'ring' won’t
aʊ̯ ಔಷಧ auṣadha 'medicine' RP outside
ɐm, ɐn̪ ಅಂಬಿ, ಅಂಗಡಿ aṁbi, angaḍi 'boat', 'shop' among, under
ɦ ದುಃಖ dukha 'grief' ahead but said quickly
Consonants
IPA Kannada ISO 15919[1] Meaning Approximate English

equivalent[2]

k ಕಳ್ಳ kaḷḷa 'thief' sky
kʰ ಖಡ್ಗ khaḍga 'sword' sinkhole
g ಗಾಡಿ gāḍi 'car' again
ಘಟನೆ ghaṭane 'incident' doghouse
ŋ ಙವನ avana 'melody' RP Hungary
t͡ʃ ಚಕ್ರ cakra 'wheel' catch
t͡ʃʰ ಛತ್ರಿ chatri 'umbrella' cheese
d͡ʒ ಜಖಂ jakhaṁ 'wound' badger
d͡ʒʰ ಝರಿ jhari 'stream' jolt
ɲ ಜ್ಞಾನ jñāna 'knowledge' Spanish mañana
ʈ ಟವಲು avalu 'towel' cart
ʈʰ ಠಾಣೆ ṭhāṇe 'station' boathouse
ɖ ಡಬ್ಬ abba 'container' road
ɖʰ ಢಗೆ ḍhage 'excessive heat' redhead
ɳ ಣಮೋ amō 'reverence' Swedish garn
ತಲೆ tale 'head' thing
t̪ʰ ಥಡಿ thaḍi 'demarcation' bathhouse
ದಂತ danta 'tusk' this
d̪ʰ ಧರ್ಮ dharma 'virtue' Italian dare, but aspirated
ನವಿಲು navilu 'peacock' anthem
p ಪಂಜರ panjara 'skeleton' spill
ಫರ್ಮಾನು pharmānu 'command' panther
b ಬಣ್ಣ baṇṇa 'color' bat
ಭಕ್ತಿ bhakti 'devotion' clubhouse
m ಮಹಾ mahā 'grand' manor
j ಯಂತ್ರ yantra 'machine' yellow
ɾ ರಕ್ತ rakta 'blood' American atom
l ಲಬ್ಧ labdha 'acquired' lotus
ʋ ವಯಸ್ಸು vayassu 'age' between /v/ and /w/
ʃ ಶಂಖ śankha 'conch shell' German Schweiz
ʂ ಷಕ್ಕು akku 'suspicion' Polish szansa
s ಸಹಾಯ sahāya 'assistance' sell
h ಹತ್ತಿ hatti 'cotton' health
ɭ ಳಟೆ ate 'branch' Swedish sorl
  1. ^ a b "ISO 15919:2001". ISO. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  2. ^ a b Approximation in General American English (unless otherwise noted)