Tamil Alphabet Chart - Learning Tamil Through English/hindi Page 14
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38READING AND WRITING TAMIL GRANTHAKSHARs
ja
sa
sha
ha
ksha
ja
sa
oa, Pa
h
xa
1. The First Tamil Granthakshar : ஜ ( ja ja )
i. Tamil ஜ j ja is written in a single stroke of 1, 2, 3, 4 as shown :
ii. The Tamil letter used in place of ஜ is ச and pronounced as ja j or sa s.
e.g. சன
janama` janama (People) Sanskrit jana jana (People);
ப
pasau pasu (Cow), Sanskrit paoau pashu (Animal, Cow).
2. The Second Tamil Granthakshar : ஸ ( sa sa )
i. Tamil ஸ sa sa is written in a single stroke of 1, 2, 3 as shown :
ii. Tamil ஸ sa sa is always used as a mute character and joins
தக
தக ) pau T ahma` puttaham (Book),
another consonant or a vowel. e.g.
(
Sanskrit pau s takma` pustakam, Hindi pau s tak pustak (Book).
NOTE : The த ta t that joins with sa s has a sound of Ya th. e.g.
த
ÅI sYaR I stree (Woman).
[
( sha oa, Pa )
3. The Third Tamil Granthakshar :
sha oa, Pa is written in the strokes of 1, 2, 3 and 4
[
i. The Tamil
[
is ட and pronounced as @ t.
ii. Tamil letter used in place of
kP@ma` kasht> a m = க ட
k£ma` kat> t > a m (Trouble)
e.g. க [; ட
\
( ha h )
4. The Fourth Tamil Granthakshar :
ha h is written in the a single stroke of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 as shown :
\
i. Tamil
ha h is used only for the words that came from Sanskrit.
\
ii. Tamil
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