ABSTRACT
The study of aphasiological disorders in Dravidian languages, though having a short history of less than a decade, shows promise of interest for aphasiologists the world over. The basic Kannada vowel system consists of five long and five short vowels. Any monosyllable of Kannada consists of a vowel preceded by zero, one, two, or three consonants; that is, the possible syllable structures are V, CV, CCV, and CCCV. In order to write a syllable that consists of a vowel and no consonant, the primary form is used. To write a syllable in which the vowel is preceded by one or more consonants, the secondary form is used. The consonants also possess primary and secondary written forms. The primary form is used for writing the first consonant of a syllable. In the cases the first consonant is written in its primary orthographic form with appropriate indicators of the final vowel.
