Editing Telugu language (section)

== Writing system ==
{| class="wikitable" align=right style="margin-left:1em"
|+Consonants – {{langx |te|label=none|హల్లులు|hallulu}}
|- 
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=క|iso=ka|ipa=/ka/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=ఖ|iso=kha|ipa=/kʰa/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=గ|iso=ga|ipa=/ɡa/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=ఘ|iso=gha|ipa=/ɡʱa/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=ఙ|iso=ṅa|ipa=/ŋa/}}
|- 
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=చ|iso=ca|ipa=/t͡ʃa/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=ఛ|iso=cha|ipa=/t͡ʃʰa/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=జ|iso=ja|ipa=/d͡ʒa/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=ఝ|iso=jha|ipa=/d͡ʒʱa/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=ఞ|iso=ña|ipa=/ɲa/}}
|- 
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=ట|iso=ṭa|ipa=/ʈa/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=ఠ|iso=ṭha|ipa=/ʈʰa/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=డ|iso=ḍa|ipa=/ɖa/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=ఢ|iso=ḍha|ipa=/ɖʱa/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=ణ|iso=ṇa|ipa=/ɳa/}}
|- 
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=త|iso=ta|ipa=/t̪a/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=థ|iso=tha|ipa=/t̪ʰa/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=ద|iso=da|ipa=/d̪a/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=ధ|iso=dha|ipa=/d̪ʱa/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=న|iso=na|ipa=/n̪a/}}
|- 
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=ప|iso=pa|ipa=/pa/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=ఫ|iso=pha|ipa=/pʰa/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=బ|iso=ba|ipa=/ba/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=భ|iso=bha|ipa=/bʱa/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=మ|iso=ma|ipa=/ma/}}
|- 
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=య|iso=ya|ipa=/ja/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=ర|iso=ra|ipa=/ɾa/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=ల|iso=la|ipa=/la/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=వ|iso=va|ipa=/ʋa/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=ళ|iso=ḷa|ipa=/ɭa/}}
|- 
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=శ|iso=śa|ipa=/ʃa/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=ష|iso=ṣa|ipa=/ʂa/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=స|iso=sa|ipa=/sa/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=హ|iso=ha|ipa=/ha/}}
|{{Letter|l=te|s=Telu|ch=ఱ|iso=ṟa|ipa=/ra/}}
|}
{{Main|Telugu script|Telugu Braille}}
Telugu script is an [[abugida]] comprising 60 symbols – 16 vowels, 3 vowel modifiers, and 41 consonants. Telugu has a complete set of letters that follow a system to express sounds. The script is derived from the [[Brahmi script]] like those of many other Indian languages.<ref name="bot">[[:te:దస్త్రం:Telugulipi evolution.jpg]]</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Austin |first=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q3tAqIU0dPsC&dq=Telugu+Brahmi+script&pg=PA117 |title=One Thousand Languages: Living, Endangered, and Lost |date=2008 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-25560-9 |page=117 |language=en |author-link=Peter Austin (linguist)}}</ref> Telugu script is written from left to right and comprises sequences of both simple and complex characters. It is syllabic in nature – the basic units of writing are syllables. Inasmuch as the number of possible syllables is very large, syllables are composed of more basic units such as vowels ("''acchu''" or "''swaram''") and consonants ("''hallu''" or "''vyanjanam''"). Consonants in consonant clusters take shapes that are very different from the shapes they take elsewhere. Consonants are presumed pure consonants, that is, without any vowel sound in them. However, it is traditional to write and read consonants with an implied "a" vowel sound. When consonants combine with other vowel signs, the vowel part is indicated orthographically using signs known as vowel "''mātras''". The shapes of vowel "''mātras''" are also very different from the shapes of the corresponding vowels.

Historically, a sentence used to end with either a single bar। ("''pūrna virāmam''") or a double bar॥ ("''dīrgha virāmam''"); in handwriting, Telugu words were not separated by spaces. However, in modern times, English punctuation (commas, semicolon, etc.) has virtually replaced the old method of punctuation.<ref name="cpbrown">{{cite book|title=A Grammar of the Telugu Language|last=Brown|first=Charles Philip|publisher=W. H. Allen & Co.|year=1857|isbn=978-81-206-0041-6|location=London|page=[https://archive.org/details/grammaroftelugul0000brow/page/5 5]|url=https://archive.org/details/grammaroftelugul0000brow/page/5}}</ref>

Telugu has full-zero (''"[[anusvāra]]"'' or ''"sunna"'' ) ( ం ), half-zero (''"arthanusvāra"'' or "''[[Chandrabindu|candrabindu]]''" or ''"ara-sunna"'' ) (ఁ) and ''[[visarga]]'' ( ః ) to convey various shades of nasal sounds. [la] and [La], [ra] and [Ra] are differentiated.<ref name="cpbrown" />

Telugu has ''ĉ'' [t͡s] and ''ĵ'' [d͡z], which are not represented in Sanskrit.
[[File:ఎన్నికల ప్రచార సామగ్రి దుకాణము.jpg|thumb|Wall painting at a shop in India. It first shows the painted party symbols of all the major political parties in the region during the nationwide elections in India in 2014. It also has a Telugu inscription showing availability of political flags, banners, caps, badges and other election material.]]

=== {{transliteration|te|Telugu Guṇintālu}} ({{lang|te|తెలుగు గుణింతాలు}}) ===
These are some examples of combining a consonant with different vowels.<br />{{lang|te|క కా కి కీ కు కూ కృ కౄ కె కే కై కొ కో కౌ క్ కం కః<br />
ఖ ఖా ఖి ఖీ ఖు ఖూ ఖృ ఖౄ ఖె ఖే ఖై ఖొ ఖో ఖౌ ఖ్ ఖం ఖః}}

=== Number system ===
Telugu has ten digits employed with the [[Hindu–Arabic numeral system]]. However, in modern usage, the [[Arabic numerals]] have replaced them.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Telugu numerals
|- 
|{{letter|top=0{{br}}sunna|ch=౦|s=Telu}}
|{{letter|top=1{{br}}okaṭi|ch=౧|s=Telu}}
|{{letter|top=2{{br}}renḍu|ch=౨|s=Telu}}
|{{letter|top=3{{br}}mūḍu|ch=౩|s=Telu}}
|{{letter|top=4{{br}}nālugu|ch=౪|s=Telu}}
|{{letter|top=5{{br}}aidu|ch=౫|s=Telu}}
|{{letter|top=6{{br}}āru|ch=౬|s=Telu}}
|{{letter|top=7{{br}}ēḍu|ch=౭|s=Telu}}
|{{letter|top=8{{br}}enimidi|ch=౮|s=Telu}}
|{{letter|top=9{{br}}tommidi|ch=౯|s=Telu}}
|}
Telugu is assigned [[Unicode]] codepoints: 0C00-0C7F (3072–3199).<ref>{{cite book|title=Technical Reference Manual for the Standardization of Geographical Names|last=United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names|publisher=United Nations Publications|year=2007|isbn=978-92-1-161500-5|page=110|author2=United Nations Statistical Division}}</ref>

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