OF THE LETTERS.
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| the sound of | ( Telugu characters) |
kꞕu | may be exemplified by that of the kꞕ in ink and horn. |
| the sound ofdo. | (Telugu characters) |
gꞕ | may be exemplifieddo. gꞕ in dog herd. |
| the sound ofdo. | (Telugu characters) |
chꞕ | may be exemplifieddo. chꞕ in church hill. |
| the sound ofdo. | (Telugu characters) |
tꞕ | may be exemplifieddo. tꞕ in that house. |
| the sound ofdo. | (Telugu characters) |
dꞕ | may be exemplifieddo. dꞕ in adhere. |
| the sound ofdo. | (Telugu characters) |
bꞕ | may be exemplifieddo. bꞕ in abhor. |
| the sound ofdo. | (Telugu characters) |
pꞕ | may be exemplifieddo. pꞕ in up hill, and so on. |
48. (Telugu characters) k, and its double form (Telugu characters), have the sound of the English k, as in king.
49. (Telugu characters) g, has the hard sound of g as in go, gun, &c.; never its soft sound, as in ginger, &c.
50. (Telugu characters) gnu has the peculiar nasal sound of gn, as in the French words ignorance, digne, &c.
51. (Telugu characters) and (Telugu characters) have each two sounds. (Telugu characters) is pronounced either hard, as ch in beach; or soft, as ts in beats: and (Telugu characters) is sounded either hard, as j in jar; or soft, as dz in torridzone. The soft sounds ts and dz are peculiar to the Teloogoo: and therefore, when (Telugu characters) or (Telugu characters) occur in words of Sanscrit origin, they are invariably to be pronounced hard; thus, (Telugu characters) chundroondoo, the moon, and (Telugu characters) judoondoo, a fool, never can be pronounced as tsundroondoo and dzudoondoo. In Teloogoo, both the hard and soft sounds are to be found; but the rule is simple for ascertaining which of the two is to be given to these letters; for if (Telugu characters) or (Telugu characters) be followed by the connected vowels (Telugu characters) i, (Telugu characters) ee, (Telugu characters) ĕ, (Telugu characters) ē, or (Telugu characters) ue they are respectively pronounced hard, as ch and j; thus, (Telugu characters) chētu, by, (Telugu characters) jĕtti, a wrestler; but if followed by any other vowel, they always take the soft sounds ts and dz, as in (Telugu characters) tsukkĕru, sugar, (Telugu characters) tsōtoo, a place, and (Telugu characters) dzōdoo, a pair.
52. (Telugu characters) nya, sounds like n before y, or as ni in the word onion.
53. (Telugu characters) t, (Telugu characters) d, and (Telugu characters) n are the harshest possible sounds of t, d, and n, formed by curving back the tongue, and forcibly striking the under part of it, against the roof of the mouth.
