Introduction:
Marathi is the language primarily spoken by native people of Maharashtra. and its also spoken in Israel and Mauritius It is Considered that the language is evolved from Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit languages. Marathi ranks 4th in India according to the number of speaker as their primary language. Starting with Learning alphabets when learning the language is important. so lets start exploring interesting Marathi language and its pronunciation.
History:
Marathi writing is appeared during 11th century in the form of “mudra” on stone or Copper plate called as ”Tamalpatra”
Marathi has undergone series of changes and its having vital impact of social, cultural and political environment of the period. here are some ironic stages of marathi langugae
- “Adyakalin (आद्य कालीन)‟ – Earliest from 12th century
- “Yadavakalin (यादव कालीन)” – 13th century
- “Bahamanikalin (बहमनी कालीन)” –14th-16th century.
- “Shivakalin (शिव कालीन)” –17th century.
- “Peshvekalin (पेश्वेकालीन)”
- Anglakalin (आंग्लकालीन)” – 1818 to 1952
Alphabets in Marathi
Alphabets in marathi is called as Varnamala(वर्णमाला) Marathi is wriiten in Devanagari script a set consist of 16 vowels and 36 consonants making total of 52 letters. Currently marathi is using Balbodh script.
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Marathi
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Marathi examples
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English to Marathi
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Examples
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अ
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अननस
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a
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America
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आ
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आई
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aa
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Arm
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इ
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इमारत
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e
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Is
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ई
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ईडलिंबू
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ee
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English
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उ
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उखळ
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oo
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Umesh
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ऊ
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ऊस
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ua
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Ooty
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ॠ
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ऋषी
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ru
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Room
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ए
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एडका
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ae
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aim
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ऐ
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ऐरावत
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aie
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Aishwarya
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ओ
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ओझेवाला
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o
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orient
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औ
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औषध
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ou
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Ouija, Aurangabad
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अं
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अंगठी
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an
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anklet
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अः
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ahm
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क
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कमळ
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ka
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make
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ख
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खटारा
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kha
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khalifa
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ग
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गणपती
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ga
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gum
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घ
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घर
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gha
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ghastly
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ङ
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च
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चमचा
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cha
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much
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छ
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छत्री
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chah
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chastity
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ज
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जहाज
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ja
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jug
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झ
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झबला
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jha
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jharkhand
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ञ
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ट
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टरबूज
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ta
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talcum
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ठ
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ठसा
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tha
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thallioum
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ड
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डब्बा
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da
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dumb
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ढ
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ढग
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dha
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ण
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बाण
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n
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त
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तलवार
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ta
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talon
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थ
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थडगे
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tha
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math
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द
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दाऊत
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da
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Dakota
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ध
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धनुष्य
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dha
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Dharma
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न
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नळ
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na
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nasty
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प
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पतंग
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pa
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particular
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फ
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फणस
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pha
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pharmacy
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ब
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बदक
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ba
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bunion
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भ
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भटजी
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bha
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Bhaskar
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म
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मका
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ma
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maroon
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य
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यज्ञ
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ya
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loyal
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र
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रथ
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ra
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run
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ल
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लसूण
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la
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male
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व
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वजन
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va
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have
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श
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शहामृग
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sha
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shave
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ष
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षट्कोन
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ssha
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Sshtkon
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स
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ससा
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sa
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sum
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ह
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हरीण
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ha
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half
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ळ
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बाळ
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la
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क्ष
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क्षत्रिय
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ksha
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kshatriya
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त्र
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पत्र
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tra
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chaitra
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ज्ञ
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ज्ञानेश्वर
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dyan
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dnyaneshwar
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Marathi Alphabets are basically written in the combination of few shapes like open semicircle, RHS and LHS facing, vertical line, horizontal line and dots.
Follow the following methods to write Marathi letters.
Followings are some Sanskrit origin alphabets which are frequently used in Marathi.
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श्र
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श्रावण
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shra
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shrink
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ॐ
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ॐ कार
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om
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omega
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Vowel :
when we utter the word means we are using our body components in Different ways like The nose, spinal cord, scalp, alveolar ridge, teeth, lips, tongue are prone to dysphemia and a speech is made. In Marathi Vowels are added to consonants. vowels are easy to pronounce most of vowels in Marathi are origin from Sanskrit language and also similer to the Hindi language but pronunciation differs. for example ॠ is pronounced as (Ru) similer to the रु in marathi,where as in hindi its pronounced as (Ri) रि.
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Marathi
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Marathi Example
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marathi to english
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Phonetic Examples
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अ
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अननस
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a
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America
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आ
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आई
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aa
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Arm
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इ
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इमारत
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e
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Is
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ई
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ईडलिंबू
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ee
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English
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उ
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उखळ
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oo
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Umesh
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ऊ
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ऊस
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ua
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urgent
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ॠ
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ऋषी
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ru
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Room
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ए
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एडका
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ae
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aim
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ऐ
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ऐरावत
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aie
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Aishwarya
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ओ
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ओझेवाला
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o
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orient
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औ
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औषध
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ou
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Ouija
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अं
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अंगठी
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an
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anklet
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अः
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ahm
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Marathi is having Two more Vowels are following:
Alphabets in marathi are Basically Divided into five types this are following:
- kantya(कण्ठ्य) : Gonorrhea is sound produced by using spinal cord and the back side of the tongue.
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अ
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अननस
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a
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Up
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आ
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आई
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aa
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Arm
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क
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कमळ
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ka
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make
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ख
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खटारा
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kha
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khalifa
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ग
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गणपती
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ga
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gum
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घ
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घर
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gha
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ghastly
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ङ
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ह
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हरीण
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ha
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half
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अः
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aha
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Talavya(तालव्य): The touch of the jib can be found on the upper girth and by the form of the letters.
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इ
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इमारत
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e
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Is
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च
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चमचा
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cha
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much
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छ
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छत्री
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chah
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chastity
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ज
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जहाज
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ja
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jug
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झ
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झबला
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jha
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jharkhand
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ञ
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य
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यज्ञ
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ya
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loyal
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श
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शहामृग
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sha
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shave
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- Murdhanya (मूर्धन्य): The sound of tongue that touches on the palate of the tongue and causes it to be created
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ट
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टरबूज
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ta
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talcum
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ठ
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ठसा
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tha
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thallioum
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ड
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डब्बा
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da
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dumb
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ढ
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ढग
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dha
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mudhat
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ण
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बाण
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n
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band
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र
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रथ
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ra
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run
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श
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शहामृग
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sha
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shave
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ळ
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बाळ
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la
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- Dantya(दंत्य): Characters that are formed after touching the tongue of the tongue.
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त
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तलवार
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ta
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talon
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थ
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थडगे
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tha
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math
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द
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दाऊत
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da
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Dakota
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ध
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धनुष्य
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dha
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Dharma
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न
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नळ
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na
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nasty
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ल
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लसूण
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la
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male
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स
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ससा
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sa
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sum
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- Oshtya(ओष्ट्य): Characters produced by both lips
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उ
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उखळ
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oo
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Umesh
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प
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पतंग
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pa
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particular
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फ
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फणस
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pha
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pharmacy
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ब
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बदक
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ba
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bunion
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भ
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भटजी
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bha
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Bhaskar
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म
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मका
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ma
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maroon
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ओ
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ओझेवाला
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o
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orient
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औ
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औषध
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ou
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Ouija
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Cluster of Consonants :
When two or more consecutive consonants are followed by a vowel then a jodakshar जोडाक्षर
(consonant cluster) is formed.
lets see some example of Jodakshar
- त + त = त्त
- न + न = न्न
- क् + न = क्न
- त् + प = प्त
- ख+ व = ख्व
- स+व = स्व
Sample Text
To see how Telugu alphabets are used as building blocks to make complex sentences, please see the following
“दया हि एक अशी भाषा आहे जी बहिरे हि ऐकू शकतात आणि आंधळे हे बघू शकतात.”
–मार्क ट्वेन
“Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see”
