How many letters are in the Kannada alphabet?

Answer 1

There are thirteen vowels (swaras):

ಅ ಆ ಇ ಈ ​​ಉ ಊ ಋ ಎ ಏ ಐ ಒ ಓ ಔ The Yogavaahaka's (part-vowel, part consonant) include two letters:

ಅಂ ಅಃ

The structured consonants are classified according to where the tongue touches the palate of the mouth and are classified accordingly into five structured groups.

ಕ (ka)ಖ (kha)ಗ (ga)ಘ (gha)ಙ (nga)ಚ (cha)ಛ (chha)ಜ (ja)ಝ (jha)ಞ (nya)

ಟ (tta)ಠ (ttha)ಡ (dda)ಢ (ddha)ಣ (nna)

ತ (ta)ಥ (tha)ದ (da)ಧ (dha)ನ (na)

ಪ (pa)ಫ (pha)ಬ (ba)ಭ (bha)ಮ (ma)

The unstructured consonants are consonants that do not fall into any of the above structures: ಯ (ya), ರ (ra), ಱ (ṟ) (obsolete), ಲ (la), ವ (va), ಶ (sha), ಷ (ssa), ಸ (sa), ಹ (ha), ಳ (lla), ೞ (ll) (obsolete). The decimal numerals in the script are: ೦ (0), ೧ (1), ೨ (2), ೩ (3), ೪ (4), ೫ (5), ೬ (6), ೭ (7), ೮ (8), ೯ (9).

Written Kannada is composed of kagunita, corresponding to syllables. The signs for consonants may combine with the signs for vowels to form ligatures. Each kagunita corresponds to a syllable. In the table below the top row lists the vowels, and the leftmost column from row 2 down the consonants (actually represented by kagunita, namely that obtained by combining each consonant with the "neutral" vowel 'a'). The remaining cells contain the corresponding kagunita obtained by combining the consonant of that row with the vowel of that column.

ಅಆಇಈಉಊಋಎಏಐಒಓಔಅಂಅಃ

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* Last column - no vowel

Answer 2

There are 53 letters in the Kannada Alphabet.

13 Vowels

There are thirteen vowel letters (ಸ್ವರ svara). When a vowel follows a consonant, it is written with a diacritic rather than as a separate letter.

4 Yōgavāha

The Yōgavāha (part-vowel, part consonant) include two letters:

• The anusvara: ಅಂ (aṁ)
  
• The visarga: ಅಃ (aḥ)
  

Another two Yōgavāha present in Kannada script are known as Ardhavisarga:

• The Jihvamuliya: ೱ
  
• The Upadhmaniya: ೲ
  

25 Structured consonants

The structured consonants are classified according to where the tongue touches the palate of the mouth and are classified accordingly into five structured groups.

11 Unstructured consonants

The unstructured consonants are consonants that do not fall into any of the above structures:

ಯ (ya), ರ (ra), ಱ (ṟa) (obsolete), ಲ(la), ವ (va), ಶ (śa), ಷ (ṣa), ಸ (sa), ಹ (ha), ಳ (ḷa), ೞ (ḻ) (obsolete).

Answer 3

Exactly 1. Kannada only uses 1 alphabet (in fact, most languages in the world only use 1 alphabet).