PHONOLOGY

Telugu words generally end in vowels.

Telugu features a form of vowel harmony wherein the second vowel in disyllabic noun and adjective roots alters whether the first vowel is tense or lax. If the second vowel is open (i.e. /aː/ or /a/), then the first vowel will be more open and centralized (e.g. [mɛːka] 'goat', as opposed to [meːku] 'nail'). Telugu words also have vowels in inflectional suffixes harmonized with the vowels of the preceding syllable.

vowels - acchulu (అచ్చులు)
అ (a)	ఆ (ā)	ఇ (i)	ఈ (ī)
ఉ (u)	ఊ (ū)	ఋ (ṛ)	ౠ (ṝ)
ఌ (ḷ)	ౡ (ḹ)	ఎ (e)	ఏ (eː)
ఐ (ai)	ఒ (o)	ఓ (oː)	ఔ (au)
అం (aṃ)	అఁ (an)	అః (aḥ)

Consonants

The table below illustrates the articulation of the consonants.

TeluguVyanjanaUcchāranaPattika

Prayatna Niyamāvali		Velar		Palatal		Retroflex		Dental		Labiodental		Labial
Plosive, tenuis		క (ka)		చ (ca)		ట (ṭa)		త (ta)		-		ప (pa)
Plosive, aspirated		ఖ (kha)		ఛ (cha)		ఠ (ṭha)		థ (tha)		-		ఫ (pha)
Plosive, voiced		గ (ga)		జ (ja)		డ (ḍa)		ద (da)		-		బ (ba)
Plosive, breathy voiced		ఘ (gha)		ఝ (jha)		ఢ (ḍha)		ధ (dha)		-		భ (bha)
Nasal		ఙ (ṅa)		ఞ (ña)		ణ (ṇa)		న (na)		-		మ (ma)
Liquid		-		య (ya)		ర (ra) (Rhotic) ళ (ḷa) (Lateral)		ల (la) (Lateral) ఱ (Ra) (Trill)		వ (va)		-
Fricative		హ (ha)		శ (śa)		ష (ṣa)		స (sa)		-		-

Number system Telugu has its own numerical system, as shown below. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ౧ ౨ ౩ ౪ ౫ ౬ ౭ ౮ ౯