sentence: All consonants have a built-in vowel.
sentences_before: The Kannada script is a type of writing system called an alphasyllabary.
sentences_after: Other vowels are indicated with diacritics, which appear next to the consonants.above, below, before or after When they appear at the beginning of a syllable, vowels are written as separate letters. When consonants appear together without intervening vowels, the second consonant is written as a special joint symbol, usually below the first.
concept_name: consonant
headings: Kannada
categories: Dravidian languages Languages of India