Editing Telugu script (section)

==Vowels==
Telugu uses sixteen [[vowel]]s, each of which has both an independent form and a [[diacritic]] form used with [[consonants]] to create [[syllable]]s. The language makes a distinction between [[Vowel length|short and long vowels]].

{| class="wikitable"
|- align="center"
! Independent || With {{lang|te|క}} ({{Transliteration|te|ISO|k}}) || [[ISO 15919|ISO]] || [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]
! Independent || With {{lang|te|క}} ({{Transliteration|te|ISO|k}}) || [[ISO 15919|ISO]] || [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]
|- align="center"
| style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|అ}} || style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|క}} || a || {{IPA|/a/}}
| style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|ఆ}} || style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|కా}} || ā || {{IPA|/aː/}}
|- align="center"
| style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|ఇ}} || style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|కి}} || i || {{IPA|/i/}}
| style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|ఈ}} || style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|కీ}} || ī || {{IPA|/iː/}}
|- align="center"
| style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|ఉ}} || style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|కు}} || u || {{IPA|/u/}}
| style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|ఊ}} || style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|కూ}} || ū || {{IPA|/uː/}}
|- align="center"
| style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|ఋ}} || style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|కృ}} || r̥ || {{IPA|/[[Syllabic consonant|ɻ̩]]/}}, {{IPA|[ɾu]}}
| style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|ౠ}}{{efn-lr|name=archaic|Not in modern use.}} || style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|కౄ}} || r̥̄ || {{IPA|/[[Syllabic consonant|ɻ̩ː]]/}}, {{IPA|[ɾuː]}}
|- align="center"
| style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|ఌ}}{{efn-lr|name=archaic}} || style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|కౢ}} || l̥ || {{IPA|/[[Syllabic consonant|l̩]]/}}, {{IPA|[lu]}}
| style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|ౡ}}{{efn-lr|name=archaic}} || style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|కౣ}} || l̥̄ || {{IPA|/[[Syllabic consonant|l̩ː]]/}}, {{IPA|[luː]}}
|- align="center"
| style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|ఎ}} || style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|కె}} || e || {{IPA|/e/}}
| style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|ఏ}} || style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|కే}} || ē || {{IPA|/eː/}}
|- align="center"
| style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|ఐ}} || style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|కై}} || ai || {{IPA|/aj/}}
|- align="center"
| style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|ఒ}} || style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|కొ}} || o || {{IPA|/o/}}
| style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|ఓ}} || style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|కో}} || ō || {{IPA|/oː/}}
|- align="center"
| style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|ఔ}} || style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|కౌ}} || au || {{IPA|/aw/}}
|}
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The independent form is used when the vowel occurs at the beginning of a word or syllable, or is a complete syllable in itself (example: a, u, o). The diacritic form is added to consonants (represented by the dotted circle) to form a consonant-vowel syllable (example: ka, kr̥, mo). {{lang|te|అ}} does not have a diacritic form, because this vowel is already inherent in all of the consonants. The other diacritic vowels are added to consonants to change their pronunciation to that of the vowel.

Examples:
{|
| style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|ఖ}} + {{lang|te|ఈ}} ({{lang|te|ీ}}) → {{lang|te|ఖీ}} || {{IPA|/kʰa/}} + {{IPA|/iː/}} → {{IPA|/kʰiː/}}</tr>

| style="font-size:18pt;" | {{lang|te|జ}} + {{lang|te|ఉ}} ({{lang|te|ు}}) → {{lang|te|జు}} || {{IPA|/dʒa/}} + {{IPA|/u/}} → {{IPA|/dʒu/}}</tr>
|}