A for Amma

అ for Amma

Amma is mother in Telugu

అమ్మ

a-m-ma 

(అ-a, మ-ma)

The doubling of consonants is indicated by the sign next to ma.It is called ma-vaththu)

All consonants have inherent a sound to it. Absense of vowel sound is denoted by a sign as shown below. It is "m" మ్ (absense of a as opposed to మ)

A quick introduction to Telugu

Telugu is my mother tongue and it is a language spoken by nearly 74 million native speakers in India. It is a South Indian language. 

Some key features of Telugu

1. It is written from left to right(like English)
2. It follows Abudiga system of writing(It is segmental writing system where consonant and vowels are written as a unit)
3. It does not have capital letters
4. Vowels take two forms independent form and as sign with they occur with consonants
5. It is a phonetic language(once you know the syllabary you know to read almost everything in Telugu)
6. It has 16 vowels(achchulu) and 36 consonants(hallulu)
7. It is a language highly influenced by sanskrit and prakrit.

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