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6 looks as if it was all one word. But in printing it will be found very easy to separate the words as is done in English.

The mark । is used to seperate lines of poetry; and elsewhere and ॥ equivalent to the comma and period. In some Telugu printing the English stops (,;.?!—) have been introduced with good effect.

A letter is called అక్షరం axaram. An aspirated letter is called ఒత్తు or ఒత్తక్షరం.

THE ALPHABET

అ ă ఆ ā ఇ ĭ ఈ ī ఉ ŭ (or ŭ) ఊ ū (or  ū) ఋ rū ౠ rū ఌ lu ఎ ĕ ఏ ē ఐ ai ఒ ŏ ఓ ō ఔ au.


 * 1) క​ ca ఖ​ kha గ ga ఘ gha ఙ​ gna
 * 2) చ cha ఛ chha జ ja ఝ jha ఞ jna
 * 3) ట ta ఠ tha డ da ఢ dha ణ na (hard)
 * 4) త ta థ tha ద da ధ dha న na (soft)
 * 5)  ప pa ఫ pha బ ba భ bha మ​ ma


 * య ya ర ra ల la ళ la వ​ va
 * శ sa ష sha స sa హ ha క్ష xa srī.

The first 25 consonants are arranged in sets (called వర్గం vargam) of five in each: and on arranging these, as usual, in five lines we shall observe that the first and third letter in each line, is sim-