SCHEME OF ROMAN SPELLING. 



Tamil. 



Telugu. 



Ganarese. 



Malayalam. 



Uriya. 



Sanskrit. 



Roman equivalent 

 under this scheme. 



oil 



S5 

 \ 



55 



QJ 



Q 



^ 



v (uriya, when 

 subscribed w) 



[ 1S ] 



<3ty 



& 



S§ 



<&£& 



iSI 



$T 



ksh (uriya, khy) 



en 



? 



tf 



gL 



Q 



55 



U 10 ] 



P 



<b9 



ea 



O 



_ 



- 



r [ 10 ] (when 













double, 















pronounced tt ; 















L 6 ] but translit- 















erated rr.) 



W 







y> 







[ 15 ]1 



Notes. for pure Tamil words. — [ 1_ ] as, &>, u are transliterated by k, t, 

 p when initial, or when double. [ 2 ] <$, p, u are transliterated by g, d, b 

 when not initial, and when not double. |_ 3 ] & is pronounced j when 

 following £5, and the two letters are transliterated ric. [ 4 ] e~ is trans- 

 literated by t when initial or double. [ 5 ] l is transliterated by d 

 when medial and single. [ 6 ]/f>!38 — pronounced tt. Note for words borroioed 

 by Tamil direct from Sanskrit and the Prakrits — r 7 ] *? fS» u, when initial, 

 may on occasion stand for the sounds g, d, b, and can then be pronounced 

 accordingly ; but as the sounds in this position are entirely foreign to the 

 bulk of the Tamil-speaking population, the original transliteration is 

 retained. Notes for pure Tetugu words. — [ 8 ] -cr is pronounced ts when 



followed by the vowels a, a, u, u, o, o, or au otherwise pronounced oh. 

 [ 9 j 2s is pronounced-dz when followed by the vowels a, a, u, ti, o, 5, or 



au otherwise pronounced j> [ l0 ] In theso letters the tongue is rolled 

 back so a3 to touch the roof of the palate. [ n ~\ In these letters the tip 

 of the tongue touches the back of the teeth. [ 12 ] A very soft v, almost w. 

 [ 13 ] Written in the right hand top corner of the letter before giving 

 it a soft nasal souod like the terminal n, in French conversation. 

 ["3 Combined with k or g. [ 15 ] Variously represented as r, \, rl, rhl, 

 bj, zj ; zh, zy, xh, and an admixture of all these together may perhaps 

 come somewhere near the correct pronunciation which, as Dr. Maclean 

 says, represents a sound "sui generis." [ 16 ] Very soft, almost ny, 

 [ 17 ] In Uriya almost u ory ". 



