Today I will teach you the Kannada alphabet. If you follow everything provided in this page, you will be able to read, write and pronounce the Kannada letters quickly and easily. I'm providing the sound so that you can hear the pronunciation of the characters. Kannada contains 47 letters (consonants and vowels). Below you will find the letters, the pronunciation and sound.
| క | [k] like kit |
| చ | [c] like cat |
| ట | [ṭ] like top |
| త | [t] like task |
| ప | [p] like pen |
| య | [y] like yes |
| శ | [ś] like sea |
| ఖ | [kh] like Bach |
| ఛ | [ch] like chat |
| ఠ | [ṭh] like that |
| థ | [th] like thin |
| ఫ | [ph] like PH |
| ర | [r] like ring |
| ష | [ṣ] like see |
| గ | [g] like gold |
| జ | [j] like vision |
| డ | [ḍ] like day |
| ద | [d] like day |
| బ | [b] like ball |
| ల | [l] like life |
| స | [s] like sweet |
| ఘ | [gh] like Ghana |
| ఝ | [jh] like Bridge hop |
| ఢ | [ḍh] like speed hump |
| ధ | [dh] like speed hump |
| భ | [bh] like bulb holder |
| వ | [v] like van |
| ఱ | [ṛ] like Roma |
| ఙ | [ṅ] like nice |
| ఞ | [ñ] like new |
| ణ | [ṇ] like neat |
| న | [n] like noon |
| మ | [m] like mass |
| ళ | [ḷ] like love |
| హ | [h] like hi |
Here are the vowels in Kannada:
| అ | [a] like ask |
| ఇ | [i] like ink |
| ఉ | [u] like put |
| ఋ | [r̥] like rabbit |
| ఌ | [l̥] like line |
| ఎ | [e] like egg |
| ఐ | [ai] like hi |
| ఓ | [ō] like tool |
| అం | ['] like ask |
| ఆ | [ā] like mat |
| ఈ | [ī] like tea |
| ఊ | [ū] like wool |
| ౠ | [r̥̄] like ring |
| ౡ | [l̥̄] like last |
| ఏ | [ē] like rest |
| ఒ | [o] like pot |
| ఔ | [au] like how |
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