Learn Kannada Alphabet

Similar to English language, Kannada language also consists of vowels and consonants. There are 15 vowels and 36 consonants in Kannada alphabet.

Here are the list of Kannada vowels, consonants, and numerals-

Kannada Vowels

In Kannada, vowels are known as ಸ್ವರ (Svara). There are two types of vowels; dependent vowels and independent vowels. Dependent vowels are always used together with a consonant.

Independent vowels

ಅ a	ಆ aa	ಇ i	ಈ ii	ಉ u	ಊ uu	ಋ ru	ಎ e
ಏ ee	ಐ ai	ಒ o	ಓ oo	ಔ au	ಅಂ am	ಅಃ aha

Dependent vowels

ಾ aa	ಿ i	ೀ ee	ು u	ೂ oo	ೃ ru	ೆ e	ೇ ee
ೈ ai	ೊ o	ೋ oo	ೌ au

Kannada Consonants

In Kannada, consonants are known as ವ್ಯಂಜನ (Vyanjana). The following table shows 36 consonant letters and their pronunciations.

ಕ ka	ಖ kha	ಗ ga	ಘ gha	ಙ nga	ಚ cha	ಛ chha	ಜ ja
ಝ jha	ಞ nya	ಟ ta	ಠ tha	ಡ da	ಢ dha	ಣ na	ತ ta
ಥ tha	ದ da	ಧ dha	ನ na	ಪ pa	ಫ pha	ಬ ba	ಭ bha
ಮ ma	ಯ ya	ರ ra	ಲ la	ವ va	ಶ sha	ಷ sha	ಸ sa
ಹ ha	ಳ la	ಕ್ಷ ksha	ಜ್ಞ jna

Kannada Numerals

Kannada numerals follow the base-10 number system, also known as decimal number system. It is the most commonly used number system in daily life. The following table shows the 10 Kannada numbers and their English equivalents.

೦ 0 sonne	೧ 1 ondhu	೨ 2 eradu	೩ 3 mooru	೪ 4 naalku	೫ 5 aidhu	೬ 6 aaru	೭ 7 yelu
೮ 8 entu	೯ 9 ombathu

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