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> Per Wikipedia it has five nasals, each with its own glyph: m (ಮ) n (ನ) ɳ (ಣ) ɲ (ಞ) ŋ (ಙ) There are 5 nasal glyphs, but like in other Indian languages, 2 (vel
by danans 1y ago
> Per Wikipedia it has five nasals, each with its own glyph:
m (ಮ) n (ನ) ɳ (ಣ) ɲ (ಞ) ŋ (ಙ)
There are 5 nasal glyphs, but like in other Indian languages, 2 (velar and palatal) are allophones of the others, leaving only 3 actual phonemes. Indian scripts are often overspecified, and not every glyph represents a phoneme.