SCHEME OP ROMAN SPELLING. 



Tamil. 



Telagu. 



Canarese. 



Malayalam. 



Uriya. 



Sanskrit. 



Roman equivalent 

 under this scheme. 



oil 



SS 



3 



OJ 



9 



^ 



v (uriya, when 

 subscribed w) 



c&£> 



& 



3§ 



<8£G 



JSt 



^ 



ksh (uriya, khy) 



6Y1 



r 



£ 



a 



ffl 



oS 



U 10 ] 



P 



<b9 



£3 



O 







r[ 10 ] (when 

 double, 

 pronounced tt ; 

 [ 6 ] but translit- 

 erated rr.) 



bP 







y> 







C 15 ] I 



Notes. for pure Tamil words. — [ x ] <$, <s, u are transliterated by k, t, 

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

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

 following g>, and the two letters are transliterated nc. f 4 ] i_ is trans- 

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

 when medial and single. [ 6 ]i>s) — pronounced tt. Note for words borrowed 

 by Tamil direct. from Sanskrit and the Prakrits — [ 7 ] ffi. j5, u, when initial, 

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

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

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

 retained. [Votes for pure Tebugu words. — [ 8 J -st is pronounced ts when 



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

 |_ 9 J a is pronounced dz when followed by the vowels a, a, u, u, o„ 5, or 



au otherwise pronounced ]'• [ i0 ] In thesft letters the tongue is rolled 

 back so as to touch the roof of the palate. \ ir \ In these letters the tip 

 of the tongue touches the back of the teeth. [^J A. very soft v, almost w.- 

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

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

 [ u ] Combined with k or g. [ 15 ] Variously represented as r, 1, rl, rhl, 

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

 come somewhere neat- the correct pronunciation which, as Dr. Maclean 

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

 [ 17 ] In Uriya almost " ory ". 



