There are several systems for
romanisation
In linguistics, romanization is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and transcription, ...
of the
Telugu script
Telugu script (), an abugida from the Brahmic family of scripts, is used to write the Telugu language, a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as well as several other neighbouring states. It is one ...
.
Vowels
Consonants
Irregular Consonants
Other diacritics
* Virama (
్) mutes the vowel of a consonant, so that only the consonant is pronounced. Example: క + ్ → క్ or + → .
* Anusvara (
ం) nasalize the vowels or syllables to which they are attached. Example: క + ం → కం or + →
* Candrabindu (
ఁ) also nasalize the vowels or syllables to which they are attached. Example: క + ఁ → కఁ or + → .
* Visarga (
ః) adds a voiceless breath after the vowel or syllable it is attached to. Example: క + ః → కః or + →
UN romanisation for geographical names
The
United Nations romanisation systems for geographical names (approved 1972, I1/11; amended in 1977 IH/12) was based on a report prepared by D. N. Sharma.
The UN romanisation uses macrons for long vowels ā ī ū, a dot under ṛ for vocalic r, and caron on ĕ and ŏ.
:ka kā ki kī ku kū kṛ kĕ ke kai kŏ ko kau
ISO
There are differences between the UN system and the ISO transliteration standard
ISO 15919
ISO 15919 is an international standard for the romanization of Indic scripts. Published in 2001, it is part of a series of romanization standards by the International Organization for Standardization.
Overview
Relation to other systems
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: 2001
ITRANS
ITRANS
The "Indian languages TRANSliteration" (ITRANS) is an ASCII transliteration scheme for Indic scripts, particularly for the Devanagari script.
The need for a simple encoding scheme that used only keys available on an ordinary keyboard was felt i ...
also has transliteration for Telugu.
RTS
Used in Vemuri Rao's ''English-Telugu Dictionary'' (2002)
Rice University
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Rice University comp ...
's Reverse Transliteration System (RTS) (created by Ramarao Kanneganti and Ananda Kishore) can be used for the transliteration of Telugu into Roman script as an alternative to
phonetic alphabet. The RTS is defined below. (1) Represent short vowels by the lower case ..."
*RTS represents short vowels by the lower case English character and long vowels by the corresponding upper case character: అ = a, ఆ = A; etc.
*Unaspirated consonant-vowel pairs are represented by a lower case letter followed by a suitable vowel.
The result is a phonetic representation mostly suitable for dictionaries and computer input methods.
Examples:
* vaiDUryaM
* gOmEdhikaM
References
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External links
Library of Congress Telugu romanisation table
Telugu language
Telugu