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The charts below show ways in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents the Kannada language.
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IPA | Kannada | ISO 15919 | Meaning | English approximation |
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ɐ | ಅಗ್ನಿ | agni | 'fire' | about |
ɑː | ಆನೆ | āne | 'elephant' | father |
i | ಇಲಿ | ili | 'mouse' | sit |
iː | ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ | īruḷḷi | 'onion' | even |
ʊ | ಉಪ್ಪು | uppu | 'salt' | foot |
uː | ಊಟ | ūta | 'meal' | suit |
(j)e | ಎಲೆ | (y)ele | 'leaf' | yes |
(j)eː | ಏಡಿ | (y)ēḍi | 'crab' | German Jäger |
aɪ | ಐದು | aidu | 'five' | ice |
(w)o | ಒಣ | (w)oṇa | 'dry' | Korean won |
(w)oː | ಓಲೆ | (w)ōle | 'ring' | won’t |
aʊ | ಔಷಧ | auṣadha | 'medicine' | Irish boat |
ɐm, ɐn | ಅಂಬಿ, ಅಂಗಡಿ | aṁbi, aṅgaḍi | 'boat', 'shop' | among, under |
ɦ | ದುಃಖ | duḥkha | 'grief' | ahead but said quickly |
IPA | Kannada | ISO 15919 | Meaning | English approximation |
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k | ಕಳ್ಳ | k | 'thief' | sky |
kʰ | ಖಡ್ಗ | kh | 'sword' | sinkhole |
g | ಗಾಡಿ | g | 'car' | again |
gʰ | ಘಂಟೆ | gh | 'bell' | doghouse |
ŋ | ಙವನ | ṅ | 'melody' | RP Hungary |
t͡ʃ | ಗರಿ | c | 'feather' | catch |
t͡ʃʰ | ಛತ್ರಿ | ch | 'umbrella' | cheese |
d͡ʒ | ಜಖಂ | j | 'wound' | badger |
d͡ʒʰ | ಝರಿ | jh | 'stream' | beachhead |
ɲ | ಜ್ಞಾನ | ñ | 'knowledge' | Spanish mañana |
ʈ | ಟವಲು | ṭ | 'towel' | cart |
ʈʰ | ಠಾಣೆ | ṭh | 'station' | boathouse |
ɖ | ಡಬ್ಬ | ḍ | 'container' | road |
ɖʰ | ಢಗೆ | ḍh | 'excessive heat' | redhead |
ɳ | ಣಮೋ | ṇ | 'reverence' | Swedish garn |
t̪ | ತಲೆ | t | 'head' | thing |
t̪ʰ | ಥಡಿ | th | 'demarcation' | bathhouse |
d̪ | ದಂತ | d | 'tusk' | this |
d̪ʰ | ಧರ್ಮ | dh | 'virtue' | think, but aspirated |
n | ನವಿಲು | n | 'peacock' | anthem |
p | ಪಂಜರ | p | 'skeleton' | spill |
pʰ | ಫರ್ಮಾನು | ph | 'command' | panther |
b | ಬಣ್ಣ | b | 'color' | bat |
bʰ | ಭಕ್ತಿ | bh | 'devotion' | clubhouse |
m | ಮಹಾ | m | 'grand' | manor |
j | ಯಂತ್ರ | y | 'machine' | yellow |
ɾ | ರಕ್ತ | r | 'blood' | American atom |
l | ಲಬ್ಧ | l | 'acquired' | lotus |
ʋ | ವಯಸ್ಸು | v | 'age' | between /v/ and /w/ |
ʃ | ಶಂಖ | ś | 'conch shell' | German Schweiz |
ʂ | ಷಕ್ಕು | ṣ | 'suspicion' | Polish szansa |
s | ಸಹಾಯ | s | 'assistance' | sell |
h | ಹತ್ತಿ | h | 'cotton' | ahead |
ɭ | ಳತೆ | ḷ | 'branch' | Swedish sorl |