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22 (that is tya-gam, a dissyllable) separation మర్యద​ manner జ్యోతిష​ jyo-ti-sha astrological.

The illiterate Telugus often change the broad vowel E into Ya. Thus పేట​ pēta suburbs is wrongly written ప్యాట​ pya-ta. The verb to do చేయడం chēyadam, is vulgarly written and pronounced చ్యాయడం chya-ya-dam.

The letter R has three sounds and several shapes. The vowel R though declared by grammarians to differ from the consonant R in sound, is not perceptibly diverse. For the sake of distinction some call ర​ the common R, because the letter ఱ (now obsolete) is the uncommon form.

Those who prefer the obsolete letter spell gurram, carra, parra, barrĕ (a horse, a stick, a fen, a she buffalo) in this manner గుఱ్ఱం, కఱ్ఱ​, పఱ్ఱ​, బఱ్ఱె but the better spelling is గుర్ర​, కర్ర​, పర్ర​, బర్రె which all understand at once while the uncommon form (commonly called బండి రెఫ​ bandi repha, or large R) is found only in a few manuscripts of poems. Indeed the shape ఱ as already pointed out is now used for the vowel U and accordingly ఱ॥ is the usual contraction for the word ఉత్తరుపు an answer.

In the English words art, part, short, hard, curl, girl, pearl we do not pronounce the R because followedbecause it is followed [sic] by another consonant. But in the languages of India the R in such places must be distinctly enunciated, (in the Scoth manner) or natives will not understand what we say. Example:— కర్త​ carta, lord కర్మం carmam deed, purn'a full సర్పం sarpam a serpent  archacudu a priest.