Eke — Ellara Kannada Romanisation

Eke (ಏಕೆ) is the romanisation system for Kannada used in the ettuge project. It enables precise, reversible romanisation of Kannada script using only ASCII characters.

Files

File Description
Reference Concise Eke reference — vowels, consonants, anusvara, diphthongs, examples
Motivation Why Eke? — design goals, DNS Bhat / Ellara Kannada influence, key choices

Key principles

  • Case sensitivity — uppercase marks retroflex, long, or special: T D N L S A I U E O H
  • No standalone M — anusvara ಂ always assimilates to the following consonant
  • r is always ರ — never use R (= rare archaic ಱ) for the common r sound
  • Diphthongs as sequences — ಐ = ay, ಔ = av (not ai, au)
  • Two modes — full Eke preserves aspirates; Eke(ek) drops them for native word coining

Full authoritative specification: Eke.md (153KB).

Table of contents