Tamil Alphabet Chart - Learning Tamil Through English/hindi Page 12
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38LESSON 3
READING AND WRITING TAMIL CONSONANTS
3.1 The First Two Tamil Consonants :
ka
nga
k (... Sa, ga, za)
G
1. The First Tamil Consonant : க ( ka k ) :
i. Tamil க ka k is written in the strokes of 1, 2 and 3, 4, 5 as shown with the numbered arrows below.
ii. The Tamil consonant க stands for Devanagari consonant k, Sa, ga, or za, depending on the how the
word is pronounced.
iii. The sound of க is like English letter k (as in Kit ) or Hindi k (as in kmaLa), when :
(a) a Tamil word starts with letter க ,
k‘ k )
(b) when the க is in the (middle of the) word is mute (i.e. half
(c) when it is doubled ( க Kk kk ),
(d) க is at the end of a syllable,
t< @` ;
(e) or when க comes after letter
(f) or when க comes after ன (n na` ) ;
r< r`
(g) when க comes after letter
(h) when க is between two vowels.
kad< a l kDLa = Ocean; ச கர
chakkaram caKkrma` = Wheel (Sanskrit caÛma` chakram;
e.g. கட
Hindi caÛ chakra); ைவகாசி vaikasi vaE k aisa = April-May (Sanskrit vaE o aaSa, Hindi baE s aaSa); க க
kad< k am k@` g ama` = Sword (Sanskrit SaD` g ama` khad < g am; Hindi SaD` g a khad < g a); ப க
par` k <` , pak– < `
vaNaKkma` van< a kkam = Hi (Sanskrit/Hindi namastae ) .
parkal (teeth); வண க
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