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వికీసోర్స్ నుండి
ఈ పుట అచ్చుదిద్దబడ్డది

The short vowel is E short, as in Bella, Betty, periphery. Thus dfS>*S» enumu ' a she buffalo' Telugu or తెనుగు [1],'Tenugu* (the name of this language) 3^)6*^0 Chenna-Patnam, the original name (still in use) of Madras. l»r»~?> vrase ' he wrote' i6iD~g pallke he spoke.' If such words are written in English characters the addition of h (vraseh, palikeh) will conveniently shew lhat the e is to be sounded as a syllable: not being silent. Thus in Latin bone, tale, male.

The long vowel ^) is e long as in the French words meme, bleme and the Persian words shekh, sher, der; different from the sound given in English to the vowel a in name, or same. Thus &£x> emi ' what' enuga ' an elephant' tene ' honey' ledi 'an antelope' lellu 'antelopes.'

The short vowel a is vulgarly changed into e in a few words. Thus gaddi ' grass' is pronounced geddi, Xo$fot HolfZo. The word "3? vela 'time' is written and pronounced ^sft vySla. These are mere vulgarisms and should be avoided. So ~^«8 nedari 'lout' -$5" leka 'without' leta ' soft' become F'gaO n-yadari, •r*$* 1-yilca, «r>gS 1-yata; while ~£&> veta 'venison' (the common word also for a sheep) becomes ^"g^ and cSr«eo v-yata and yata.

By a similar error, which is universal, the words beginning with చే or తే &మ.,, are perpetually written చా and త్యా ; thus చేయుట to do is almost invariably writtenచాయుట and చేరుట (to arrive) చారుట; చేట cheta (by) చేప chepa(a fish) are usually written చాత chata, చాప chapa: because the illiterate spell by the ear alone. బట్ట మేక batta-meka 'a bustard' is pronounced vulgarly butter-maker. పేట a suburb becomes ప్యాట p-yata, తేట teta 'clear' becomes త్యాట t-yata. So పేరు a name (instead of peru) becomes ప్యారు p-yaru. And (as vulgarism is capricious) the contrary happens: thus శరీరం sarlram 'the body' is always written శెరీరం serlraram.

This must be remedied in searching for a word in the dictionary. The correct spelling is uniform: the vulgar forms are devoid of rule;

  1. It is high time to abolish the absurd name Gentoo which was introduced by the Portugueze, and is ignorantly used by some persons for the name Telugu