Transliteration Scheme Used for TeluguLipi

Each cell below represents exactly one telugu character.
They are listed in the order normally written in Telugu. Alternate spellings are separated by a blank.

For example, ottu pha has six alternates:  ph pH Ph PH f P

Here is the transliteration scheme:

a	aa A a'	i	ea ee ii I i' ia	u	uu oo U u' ua	R	~l	~L
e	ae E e'	ai ei	o	oa oe O o'	ou au ow	am	a@ha
k	kh kH Kh KH K	g	gh gH Gh GH G	~m
c ch	C Ch CH c'	j z	jh jH Jh JH J	~n
T t'	Th th'	D d'	Dh DH dh' dH'	N n'
t	th	d	dh	n n&
p	ph pH Ph PH f P	b	bh bH Bh BH B	m m&
y	r	l	v w V W	s' S	sh sH Sh SH	s
h H	L l'	ksh x	~r r''

Special Characters:

^ pollu
| poem mode

n m followed by kKgGcCjJTDtdpPbBlLsShHv sunna
m' ma-pollu
n' na-pollu

@M @m arasunna
@h visarga
@n @N nakarapollu
@2 avagraha

sunna generation

RIT doesn't have any special letter for sunna. Instead, when 'n' or 'm' is followed by a consonant except 'r' or 'y' RIT assumes it to be a sunna. However, this rule doesn't work in all the cases. Sometimes, you want to prevent a sunna generation when 'n' or 'm' is followed by a consonant. For example, RIT would generate a sunna after 'a' if you write 'anvayamu'. What you want instead is a 'na' with a 'va' ottu. You can prevent a sunna generation by writing 'n&' or 'm&'. The correct spelling is 'an&vayamu' instead of 'anvayamu'.

pollu

If the last letter in a word ends in a consonant, RIT automatically supplies a pollu. For example, consider writing the English word 'color' in Telugu. You might write it as 'kalar' or 'kalaru'. In 'kalar' the last consonant 'r' doesn't have a vowel associated. In this case RIT automatically supplies a pollu to 'r'.

Sometimes you need a pollu in the middle of a word, usually when writing an English or Hindi word in Telugu. For example consider writing the word 'lifeless' in Telugu. If you write it as 'laifles' RIT would think you want a 'fe' with a 'la' ottu. To prevent that you can write it as 'laif^les'.

Special Symbols

I hope it is quite clear from the above table how to genearate arasunna, visarga, nakarapollu, and avagaha from the above table. Avagraha is necessary only when writing Sanskrit text in Telugu.