Tamil Alphabet Chart - Learning Tamil Through English/hindi Page 18
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38BEFORE YOU PROCEED FURTHER, PLEASE KNOW THIS
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1. Like Sanskrit and Hindi, the அ, இ, உ A, }, q are Basic or Simple Vowels. The rest n
ஆ, ஈ, ஊ, எ, ஏ, ஐ, ஒ, ஓ, ஔ Aa, }| , Q, ], ]â , ]e , Aae , Aaâ , AaE are Compound Vo
composed of the Basic three vowels. e.g. ஆ = அ + அ; ஈ = இ + இ; ஊ =
எ = அ + இ; ஏ = அ + ஈ; ஐ = அ + அ + இ; ஒ = அ + உ; ஓ
ஔ = அ + அ + உ. Aa = A + A; }| = } + }; Q = q + q; ] = A + }
A + A + }; Aae = A + q; Aaâ = A + Q; AaE = A + A + q.
2. Like Sanskrit, and unlike Hindi and English, the last consonant (with vowel
full stress (long). e.g. Tamil : பக (pak, bak depart); Sanskrit : bak (bak
pronounced as bak‘ Stork); English : Buck (bak‘ buk Dollar).
3. While learning the 18 consonants by heart, the first 10 consonants a
consonants each, then the rest eight consonants are said singly or
4. When there are short and long vowels within a word, the long o
5. Within the above mentioned five pairs, each initial consona
(devanagri) nasal consonant e.g. கங, சஞ, டண, தந
6. Next four consonants form two pairs like the Devana
7. No Tamil word begins with the last four consonant
8. A Tamil mute or half consonant (with the dot
consonant. e.g. க ங ச ... ம ர
= k
etc. = }k‘ }G` }ca` ...
ச ...
9. Like Sanskrit and Hindi, when Tamil
and strongly than they are done in
Sanskrit : pa£nama` ( pat> t > a nam City); H
10. When a word begins with vowel எ
in Hindi, vowel ] (e) is soun
yae n a` Why?); Hindi ga], gayae
NOW YOU ARE READY TO LEARN READING, WRITING and SPEAKING TAMIL.
RangaRakes
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