Telugu/Alphabet and Pronunciation/అ ఆ - ఇ ఈ - ఉ ఊ
అ, ఆ, ఇ, ఈ, ఉ, ఊ
The letters written above are called a, aa, i, ee, u, oo.
- 'a' (అ) makes the short /a/ sound, as in the word approval, similar to the Spanish vowel 'A'.
- 'aa' (ఆ) makes the long /ɑː/ sound, as in armor or water, similar to the Spanish vowel 'Á' (with the diacritic).
- 'i' (ఇ) makes the short /ɪ/ sound, as in India or tin, similar to the Spanish vowel 'I'.
- 'ee' (ఈ) makes the long /iː/ sound, as in eat or sleep, similar to the Spanish vowel 'Í'.
- 'u' (ఉ) makes the short /u/ sound, as in bull or book, similar to the Spanish vowel 'U'.
- 'oo' (ఊ) makes the long /uː/ sound, as in tool or fool, similar to the Spanish vowel 'Ú'.
Exercises
editRead out the following combinations of the letters as practice.
- ఇఅఈ
- ఆఉ
- ఆఈఅఆ