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Rh except O, and as examples of words witn final O are not generally found in the Dravidian languages, that tendency of shortening final vowels is a common characteristic of both.

The final 'o' of the nom. sing corresponding to the final 's' of words in Sanskrit is found in the Avesta itself to change into అఓ (ao) and au. It will be found that this final o of the nom. sing, is found in the Sauraseni Prakrit also and occurs as u in the Apabhramsa, Modern Marathi and Sindhi, Old western Hindi and Old Panjabi. The final o is changed in Kanarese into అఉ (a u) with an intervening వ (v) making అవు (avu). Old Telugu shows this అవు (avu) which