| bilabial | labio-velar | labio-dental | dental | postalveolar | retroflex | palatal | velar | glottal | |
| stop | p, pʰ, b, bʰ | t̪, t̪ʰ, d̪, d̪ʰ | ʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɖʰ | c, cʰ, ɟ, ɟʰ | k, kʰ, g, gʰ | ||||
| trill | r̪ | ||||||||
| fricative | f | s̪, z̪ | ʃ | ʂ | h | ||||
| nasal | m | n̪ | ɳ | ||||||
| approximant | w | j | |||||||
| lateral approximant | l̪ | ɭ |
| front | central | back | |
| close | i | u | |
| close-mid | e | o | |
| open | a |
| front | central | back | |
| close | iː | uː | |
| close-mid | eː | oː | |
| open | aː |
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Source: Steever, Sanford B. 1998. Kannada. The Dravidian languages, ed. by Sanford B. Steever, 129–157. Routledge language family descriptions. London ; New York: Routledge.
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)