1.3 Aspirated Consonants
The Consonants
Aspirated consonants are primarily considered to be high-registered linguistic usage, and a part of educated speech. In most cases, we use these symbols for the loan words from Sanskrit such as: katha, dukham, bharata etc.
For example:
| Unaspirated sounds | Aspirated sounds |
|---|---|
| ka క | kha ఖ |
| ga గ | gha ఘ |
| cha చ | cHa ఛ |
| ja జ | jha ఝ |
| Da డ | Dha ఢ |
| ba బ | bha భ |
| pa ప | pha ఫ |
| sa స | sha ష |
Speaking Activity 1
Please record yourself reading the above aspirated consonants.
Words Using Aspirated Sounds
Reading Practice 1
| Telugu Letter | Telugu Words | Transliteration |
|---|---|---|
| ఖ | ఖరం | kharam |
| ఘ | ఘంట | ghanta |
| ఛ | ఛత్రం | chatram |
| ఝ | ఝంఝ | jhanjha |
| ఠ | పాఠం | paaTham |
| ఢ | గాఢం | gaaDham |
| ధ/థ | బాధ/కథ | baadha/katha |
| ఫ | ఫలం | phalam |
| భ | భరత్ | Bharath |
Listening Activity
Please listen to the audio of the above letters and words.
Speaking Activity 2
Please record yourself reading the above aspirated sounds.
