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Writing Telugu words using Baraha transliteration scheme is as easy as writing our names in
English. For example, hÇvÀSµÀ ¶¢Ãd j¶pÁ can be written as telugu mATa tIpu . The
transliteration rules are shown below with examples.

See: Transliteration Examples

Vowels:
C= a, D= A,aa, E= i, F= I,ee, G= u, H=U,oo, sÀÀ=Ru, sÀÀ¹=RU, I=e, J=E, K=ai, L=
o, M=O, N=au,ou

ü = ~M
A =M
B =H

Consonants:
O³=k, P³=K,kh, S³=g, ´T=G,gh, U³=~g
V³=c,ch, Vû³=C,Ch, Y³=j, ´±b= J,jh, c³=~j
d³=T, e³=Th, f³=D, fû³= Dh, g³=N
h³=t, k³= th, l³= d, lû³=dh, ´m=n
´p=p, ´pû=P,ph, s³= b, sû³=B,bh, ´¢À=m

±À³À=y,Y, ±³=r, ¯³= rx, v³= l, ´¢= v,w, ´¥=S,sh, ´¨= Sh, ´ª=s, ´¬=h,~h, y³=L

Others:
ŸVµ = cxa
ŸY = za,jxa
„ = & (avagraha)
Zero Width Joiner = ^
Zero Width Non Joiner = ^^

Punctuation Marks:
The English symbols [ ] { } ( ) - + * / = | ; : . , " ? ! % \ ~ _ translate into the same
symbols in Telugu also.

Quotation Marks:
` ' characters are converted to single smart quotes (` ') characters. We can get double smart
quotes (`` '') by using them twice.

~ Usage:
'~' character when used with other characters form a different character as shown below.

Example:
~~ = ~
~@

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= @
~# = #
~$ = $
~& = &
~^ = ^
~g = U³
~j = c³
~h = ´¬

When a consonant character is used alone, it results in a dead consonant(mula vyanjana).

Example
k, c, T, t, p - O³, V³, d³, h³, ´p

When a consonant character is followed by a vowel character, it results in a live consonant.

ka kA ki kI ku kU kRu kRU ke kE kai ko kO kau kaM kaH

Oµ O¸ Oº O½ OµÀ OµÃ OµÅ OµÆ OÇ OÉ ËOÇ OÍ OÐ OÓ OµA OµB
mA talli vaMDu chunnadi.
¶¢Ã hµwô ¶¢AfµÀ VµÀ¶mél¼.
buTTalO paMDlu unnavi.
sÀdàvÑ ¶pAfµÀô G¶mé£.

When two or more consecutive consonants appear in the input, they make a conjunct. The first
consonant takes the full form and the following consonants become half forms.

Example:
sAfTwEr - «¸dÉö±³
rAjkumAr - ±¸YÂÖ¶¢Ã±³

`¶¬' consonant can be written in two ways; 'h' and '~h'. If you want to apply a `¶¬' half
consonant to consonants such as 'k', 'g', 't', 'd', etc, you have to use '~h' instead of of 'h'.

Example:
bakkiMghAm = sOºÖA¶T¹´¢À
bakkiMg~hAm = sOºÖAS¸ú´¢À

ZWJ, ZWNJ characters:

^ = ZWJ (zero width joiner)
^^ = ZWNJ (zero width non joiner)

If a dead consonant (consonant with halant symbol) is required in the middle of a word, the ZWJ
or ZWNJ character should be used after the consonant.

Example:
rAjkumAr - ±¸YÂÖ¶¢Ã±³

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rAj^kumAr -±¸Y³OµÀ¶¢Ã±³
rAj^^kumAr - ±¸Y³OµÀ¶¢Ã±³

sAPTwEr -«¸Êpûàþö±³
sAPT^wEr - «¸´pûàÊ¢±³
sAPT^^wEr - «¸´pûàÊ¢±³

If two English characters are making one Telugu vowel (ex: ai, ou), then, ZWJ or ZWNJ
character can be used to separate them into different vowels.

Example:
iMDiyainPo = EAfºË±ÀÇÀmÍë
iMDiya^inPo = EAfº±ÀµÀEmÍë

Vedic Symbols:
@, #, and $ symbols are transliterated into anudatta, udatta and swarita respectively. Vedic
symbols are available in "BRH Telugu Extra" font.

@ = … (anudatta)
# = † (udatta)
$ = ‡ (swarita)
#83; = ƒ (caMdrabiMdu)

Example:
<lang=tel|font="BRH Telugu Extra">
sa@hasra# SIrShA@ puru#ShaH | sa@ha@srA@kShaH sahasra#pAt | sa bhUmi#M
vi@SvatO# vRu@tvA | atya@tiShThaddaSAMgu@lam | puru#Sha E@vEdagM sarvam$ |

…¶ª¶¬†¶ªñ §…±¸ø ¶pÁ†±µÀ¶¨B | …¶ª…¶¬…«¸ñ°µB ¶ª¶¬†¶ªñq¸h³ | ¶ª sûµÃ†£ÀA …£¶¥ ö†hÐ …¶¢Åh¸ö | C…hµïi¶¨álµç¥¹A…SµÀv´¢À |
¶pÁ†±µÀ¶¨ …JÊ¢lµS³A ¶ª±µö ‡´¢À |

Laghu, Guru symbols:

'q' and 'Q' characters represent the laghu, guru symbols respectively, used in Telugu prosody.
These symbols are available in "BRH Telugu Extra" font.

q = ‰ (laghu)
Q = Š (guru)

Example:
yaq mAQ tAQ rAQ jaq bhAQ naq saq laq gaQM

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Music Symbols:
'V' and 'W' characters can be used to get the dots below & above the characters which is
required for writing music notes in Telugu. These symbols are available in "BRH Telugu Extra"
font.

V = Π(dot below)
W = ‹ (dot above)

Example:
saV riW gaV maW paV daW niV saW
Œ¶ª ‹±¼ ŒSµ ‹¶¢À Œ¶p ‹lµ Œn ‹¶ª

Note:
"BRH Telugu Extra" font consists of the same characters that are in the "BRH Telugu" font. The
"BRH Devanagari Extra" font has more vertical space between the characters in order to
accommodate the vedic, laghu, guru and music symbols.

Independent Glyphs:
In some special cases, it may be required to show specific glyphs in the fonts. They can be
obtained by specifying the hex value of the glyph code. This value should be in the range
0x0000 - 0xFFFF (0 - 65536). If the value is between 0x00 - 0xFF (0 - 255), then it represents
the glyph code of a font. If the value is 0x100 - 0xFFFF (256 - 65536), then it represents a
unicode character. In Baraha editor, the UNICODE characters are not supported and hence
shown as '?' symbol. But, when the document is exported to UNICODE format, these UNICODE
characters will be retained.

Example:
#46; = F
#5a; = Z
#c85; = ?
#0905; = ?

Roman Numerals:
All Baraha fonts have Indian language numerals in the place of roman numerals. For example,
the "BRH Telugu" font has Telugu numerals. If roman numerals are required, you have to use
either "BRH Telugu RN" font or <lang=eng> switch as shown below.

Example:
<font="BRH Telugu RN">1234567890
1234567890

<lang=eng>1234567890
1234567890

See: Transliteration Examples

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