താൾ:A Malayalam and English dictionary 1871.djvu/18

TRANSLITERATION following Lopsius' Standard Alphabet, 2nd Edition 1863, 2nd postscript.

A complete Transliteration of the Malayalam Alphabet drawn up by the Author (now in Germany) will be published witii the last Part; meantime the Publisher trusts his subscribers will accept his attempt at assisting them in their perusal of the Dictionary.

a. Vowels.

അ	a	as a in about
ആ	ā	,, a ,, far
ഇ	i	,, i ,, pin
ൟ	ī	,, i ,, police
ഉ	u[1]	,, u ,, full
ഊ	ū	,, u ,, rule
ഋ	r̥	vocalized r
ൠ	r̥	do. lengthened
ഌ	ḷi	vocalized l
ൡ	ḷī	do. l lengthened

എ	e	as e in get
ഏ	ē	,, e,, prey
ഐ	ei M.	as ei in height
	ai S.	as ai in kaiser
ഒ	o	as o in collect
ഓ	ō	,, o ,, vote
ഔ	au	,, ow ,, fowl
അം	am	,, um ,, fulerum
അഃ	aḥ	vocalized h

b Consonants.

a. Initial.

ക	ka	as ka in kalendar
ഖ	kha	the same aspirated
ഗ	ġa	as gs in gallon
ഘ	gha	the same aspirated
ങ	ṅa	as gna in magnate
ച	ča	as cha in chapter
ഛ	čha	the same aspirated
ജ	ja	as in Japan
ഝ	jha	the same aspirated
ഞ	ńa	as nya in banyan

ട	ța	the cerebral ta
ഠ	țha	the same aspirated
ഡ	ḍa	the cerebral da
ഢ	ḍha	the same aspirated
ണ	ṇa	the cerebral na
ത	ta	the true dental ta
ഥ	tha	the same aspirated
ദ	da, da	the true dental da
ധ	dha	the same aspirated
ന	na	the true dental na

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1. (u final half u in Dravidian words.)