| Vowels | N | ñ | as 'n' in bun with the tongue curled back up to the roof of the mouth. | ||
| a | « | as 'u' in but | th | ò | as 'th' in faith |
| A | ¬ | as 'a' in father | n | ó | as first letter as 'n'. Followed by 'th' as 'nth' as in synthetic |
| i | þ | as 'i' in pin | p | ô | as 'p' in English |
| I | ® | as 'ee' in feet | m | õ | as 'm' in English |
| u | ¯ | as 'u' in full | y | ö | as 'y' in English |
| U | ° | as 'u' in rule | r | ÷ | as 'r' in English |
| e | ± | as 'e' in pen | l | ø | as 'l' in English |
| E | ² | as 'a' in fade | v | ù | as 'v' in English |
| ai | ³ | as 'i' in file | z | ú | This is a 'voiced alveolar-lateral fricative', however these days many pronounced it as 'L' |
| o | ´ | as 'o' in got | |||
| O | µ | as 'o' in cone | L | û | 'l' pronounced with the tongue bent backward and up to the roof of the mouth. |
| au | ¶ | as 'ou' in foul | R | ü | R is a strongly trilled alveolar r. When doubled as 'tt' in attack. |
| Consonents | n2 | ý | as 'n' in English | ||
| k | ì | same as 'k' | Grantha characters | ||
| ng | í | as 'ng' in finger | j | | as 'j' in jar |
| c or s | î | as 'c' in cent | S | | as 's' in sea |
| nj | ï | as 'nge' in orange | sh | | as 'sh' in short |
| d or t | ð | as 'd' in dog | h | | as 'h' in high |