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12 vowel. Thus కృ crĭ గృ grĭ పృ prĭ సృ srĭ &c. But the vowel u is often added, though superfluous and erroneous. Thus తృప్తి tripti is generally spelt తుృప్తి trupti and గృహం griham a house is written గృుహం.

It is necessary to point out such vulgar errors, lest the learner should be misled and thus disappointed when looking for a word in the dictionary.

Another error regarding ఋ is that some persons substitute రు the consonant Ru. ఋతు rutu a season, is spelt రుతు

Many Telugu words, as మ్రుగ్దు, గ్రుక్పిళ్లు, స్రుక్పు, have ు u and  attached to the initial consonant. This is vulgarly changed into, and these words are accordingly written (in manuscripts of poems) మ్ప​గ్దు, గ్పుక్పిళ్లు, స్ప​క్పు, which may mislead the learner when looking for these words in the dictionary.

The vowel ఌ is rarely used. Indeed that is L is generally substituted. Thus clripta (short) is written క్లుప్త​ and pronounced clupta. Pluta, (extension) is written ప్లుత, or మ్లత​, which correctly would be ప్లత​. in fact ఌ is entirely obsolete.

ఎ e short, as in pen, men. So ఎన్ని enni (how many) ఎక్పడ​ eceada, where. ఎనిమిది enimidi eight తేనె tēnë (honey) కారె cārĕ (it flowed) వ్రాసె vrāsĕ he wrote తెనుగు Tenugu or తెలుగు Telugu or తెలుంగు Telungu the name of this language.

ఏ ē long, nearly like ā in made, maid, paid. Thus ఏలుట​ ēluta to rule. ఏబయి ēbai, fifty ఏడు ēdu seven పొయ్యే poyyē going తానే he himself. The mark of accent is rarely used in rough writing: thus the short forms (ఎ and ె) are used in most