| Vowels | N | � | as 'n' in bun with the tongue curled back up to the roof of the mouth. | ||
| a | � | as 'u' in but | th | � | as 'th' in faith |
| A | � | as 'a' in father | n | � | as first letter as 'n'. Followed by 'th' as 'nth' as in synthetic |
| i | � | as 'i' in pin | p | � | as 'p' in English |
| I | � | as 'ee' in feet | m | � | as 'm' in English |
| u | � | as 'u' in full | y | � | as 'y' in English |
| U | � | as 'u' in rule | r | � | as 'r' in English |
| e | � | as 'e' in pen | l | � | as 'l' in English |
| E | � | as 'a' in fade | v | � | as 'v' in English |
| ai | � | as 'i' in file | z | � | This is a 'voiced alveolar-lateral fricative', however these days many pronounced it as 'L' |
| o | � | as 'o' in got | |||
| O | � | as 'o' in cone | L | � | 'l' pronounced with the tongue bent backward and up to the roof of the mouth. |
| au | � | as 'ou' in foul | R | � | R is a strongly trilled alveolar r. When doubled as 'tt' in attack. |
| Consonents | n2 | � | as 'n' in English | ||
| k | � | same as 'k' | Grantha characters | ||
| ng | � | as 'ng' in finger | j | ˆ | as 'j' in jar |
| c or s | � | as 'c' in cent | S | Š | as 's' in sea |
| nj | � | as 'nge' in orange | sh | ‰ | as 'sh' in short |
| d or t | � | as 'd' in dog | h | ‹ | as 'h' in high |