Tamil Alphabet Chart - Learning Tamil Through English/hindi Page 6
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38Tamil and Devanagari Sanskrit Alphabet Charts
Side by Side Comparison
TABLE 1 : Tamil - Sanskrit inherent interrelationship
Tamil Vs Devanagari Sanskrit
VOWELS
Q
Tamil
அ
ஆ
இ
ஈ
உ
a
a@
i
&
u
A
Aa
}
}|
q
Devnagari A
Aa
}
}|
q
Q
Tamil
o @ AaE
எ
ஏ
ஐ
ஒ
ஓ
ஔ
e ]â
e@ ]e
ai
o Aae ~
]
Aae
Devnagari ]
]â
]e
Aae
Aae ~
AaE
Tamil Vs Devanagari Sanskrit
CONSONANTS
Tamil
க
ங
ச
ஞ
k
n[ g
ch
n~ y
k
G
ca
Øa
Devnagari k Sa ga za
G
ca C ja Ja
Øa
Tamil
த
ந
ப
ம
t
n
p
ta
na
pa
ma
Devnagari ta Ya d Za
na
pa f ba Ba
ma
Tamil
ல
வ
ள
l
v
l<
La
va
<
Devnagari La
va
< *
Tamil
These five are
ஷ
ஸ
ஹ
sh sa
s
oa, Pa
h
adopted
Granthaksharam
Devnagari oa, Pa
sa
h
characters
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.
NOTES : (i) Quite contrary to the common belief that Tamil language is totally independent and
unrelated to Sanskrit, the above vowel consonant tables (as well as the following lessons and rules on
Sandhi, Samasa etc. in Tamil grammar) clearly exhibit that the relationship between these two ancient
languages is beyond just a coincidence. These two languages may have been developed separately, but
their millenniums of common inheritance on the Indian subcontinent clearly reveals their common
imprint. One language may or may not have come from or influenced the other, but there is a common
thread for sure.
<
*
(ii) Some Hindi speaking people may think that letter
is not a Devanagri or Sanskrit character. Even
<
though it did not reach Hindi, the Sanskrit has it. Letter
appears in the very first verse of the Rigveda
(Aignaima<e pau r ae i hta).
You can also hear their sounds in Tamil, Telugu, Kannad, Malyalam, Marathi and
]â
Aaâ .
Gujrati languages. Same is true for the letters
and
In Hindi, vowels ]e and Aae are used in their
place. See the language charts in the Appendix.
RangaRakes
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