TRANSLITERATION
 

following Lepsius's Standard Alphabet, 2nd Edition 1863, '.'iid postscript.

a. Vowels.   (§ § io-35)>)

j  (ig)      e           as  ea   in head

n^      e            „   ea   „   swear

I  ffloQ)   ei, ai     m. as  ei  in height
 

(®rQ
 

a
 

as  a  in about
 

(ST3)
 

a
 

»   a   „   far
 

^
 

i
 

"   i    n   pin
 

ofOo
 

i
 

n    '    .,   police
 

^
 

u^>
 

„   u   „ full
 

^<^
 

u
 

„    u   „ rule
 

B
 

r
 

vocalized   r
 


 

r
 

do.        r   lengthened
 

erd
 

li
 

vocalized   1
 

e%
 

II
 

do.        1 lengthened
 


 

ai, ei
 

S. as ai  in kaiser
 

6i
 

0
 

as  0  in collect
 

6iO
 

0
 

„   0   , vote
 

ei^D
 

au
 

„  ou „ house
 

(S^o
 

am
 

„ um „ fulcrum
 

CSTS8   ah, as   vocalized   h
 

b. Consonants.   (§ § 36 - es)
1. a. Initial.^^
 

065
 

ka
 

6iJ
 

kha
 

CO
 

ga
 

o-ei
 

gha
 

Ql
 

iia
 

JU
 

ca
 

20
 

cha
 

s?
 

ja
 

(3UJ
 

Jli
 

6Yro
 

na
 

s
 

ta
 

0
 

tha
 

OjO
 

da
 

(XX9
 

dha
 

ero
 

na
 

CO
 

ta
 

LQ
 

tha
 

(3
 

da
 

as  ka  in kalendar

the same aspirated
as   ga  in gallon

the same aspirated
as  ng  in singing
as  oha  in chapter

the same aspirated
as ja  in Japan

the same aspirated
as  nya  in banyan
the cerebral  ta

the same aspirated
the cerebral  da

the same aspirated
the cerebral  na
the true dental   ta

the same aspirated
the true dental  da
 

UJ
 

dha
 

00
 

na
 

Q_S
 

pa
 

Q_Q
 

pha
 

61QJ
 

ba
 

«
 

bha
 

a
 

ma
 

CO)
 

ya
 

(b
 

ra
 

0
 

ra
 

ej
 

la
 

QJ
 

va
 

09
 

sa
 

cQa
 

sa
 

cnj
 

sa
 

ciO
 

ha
 

^
 

la
 

tf
 

la
 

the same aspirated
the true dental  na
as   pa  iu paternal

the same aspirated
as  ba  in balloon

the same aspirated
as  ma  in maternal
as  ya  in yahoo  (Gorman j)
a    palatal r

a    cerebral r (German r)
as   la  in laborious
„    va in variety (soft English v)
a    palatal sh

a    cerebral sh (English sh)
as  sa  in salute
„    ha in harangue
a    cerebral 1
a    corebro-palatal 1
 

l)The §§ refer to Dr. Gundert's large Malayalam Grammar, Mangalore 1868.

2) [u marks final half u in most Dravidian words, many foreign words & Tadbhavas (difft. is
e.g. cnDTU,) § 17].

3)   See the remarks on each letter,     c —e refer   chiefly to the  5 Vargas ai jj s 'w q_i-  the
0th Varga (o) is treated farther on.     From a —e &, ^sroio-iare pronounced as surd explosives.