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Help:IPA/Kannada

The charts below show ways in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents the Kannada language.

Key

Vowels
IPA Kannada ISO 15919[1] Meaning English approximation[2]
ɐ ಗ್ನಿ agni 'fire' about
ɑː ನೆ āne 'elephant' father
i ಲಿ ili 'mouse' sit
ರುಳ್ಳಿ īruḷḷi 'onion' even
ʊ ಪ್ಪು uppu 'salt' foot
ūta 'meal' suit
(j)e ಲೆ (y)ele 'leaf' yes
(j)eː ಡಿ (y)ēḍi 'crab' German ger
aɪ ದು aidu 'five' ice
(w)o (w)oṇa 'dry' Korean won
(w)oː ಲೆ (w)ōle 'ring' won’t
ಷಧ auṣadha 'medicine' Irish boat
ɐm, ɐn ಅಂಬಿ, ಅಂಗಡಿ aṁbi, angaḍi 'boat', 'shop' among, under
ɦ ದುಃ dukha 'grief' ahead but said quickly
Consonants
IPA Kannada ISO 15919[1] Meaning English approximation[2]
k ಳ್ಳ kaḷḷa 'thief' sky
kʰ ಡ್ಗ khaḍga 'sword' sinkhole
g ಗಾಡಿ gāḍi 'car' again
ಟನೆ ghaṭane 'incident' doghouse
ŋ ವನ avana 'melody' RP Hungary
t͡ʃ ಕ್ರ cakra 'wheel' catch
t͡ʃʰ ತ್ರಿ chatri 'umbrella' cheese
d͡ʒ ಖಂ jakhaṁ 'wound' badger
d͡ʒʰ ರಿ jhari 'stream' beachhead
ɲ ಜ್ಞಾ jñāna 'knowledge' Spanish mañana
ʈ ವಲು avalu 'towel' cart
ʈʰ ಠಾಣೆ ṭhāṇe 'station' boathouse
ɖ ಬ್ಬ abba 'container' road
ɖʰ ಗೆ ḍhage 'excessive heat' redhead
ɳ ಮೋ amō 'reverence' Swedish garn
ಲೆ tale 'head' thing
t̪ʰ ಡಿ thaḍi 'demarcation' bathhouse
ದಂ danta 'tusk' this
d̪ʰ ರ್ಮ dharma 'virtue' Italian dare, but aspirated
n ವಿಲು navilu 'peacock' anthem
p ಪಂಜರ panjara 'skeleton' spill
ರ್ಮಾನು pharmānu 'command' panther
b ಣ್ಣ baṇṇa 'color' bat
ಕ್ತಿ bhakti 'devotion' clubhouse
m ಹಾ mahā 'grand' manor
j ಯಂತ್ರ yantra 'machine' yellow
ɾ ಕ್ತ rakta 'blood' American atom
l ಬ್ಧ labdha 'acquired' lotus
ʋ ಯಸ್ಸು vayassu 'age' between /v/ and /w/
ʃ ಶಂ śankha 'conch shell' German Schweiz
ʂ ಕ್ಕು akku 'suspicion' Polish szansa
s ಹಾಯ sahāya 'assistance' sell
h ತ್ತಿ hatti 'cotton' health
ɭ ತೆ 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)